If you vacuum up a spider, does it die. Or crawl back out?
I'm voting die. I have a Dyson and I imagine it's like a tornado in there, right? (RIGHT??!!)
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I vote die. DH and I have had this debate several times, haha! He hates this method of mine and insists they crawl back out.
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I've never heard this debate! I assume it gets all smashed up, and dies.
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I hope the brushes and bouncing around the walls of the vacuum will knock him out. Maybe he also suffocates in the dirt/dust...
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I don't vacuum them. I heard a superstition that if you kill a spider, it rains, so I try to release them outside. Unless they are in the shower - then down the drain they go! I don't shower with spiders.
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I vacuum them...and then leave the vacuum running for an extra minute or so just in case.
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I vac them up with the central vac. I'm sure that bag is just a big old bug death trap.
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I vacuumed ants and saw them crawling in the canister so I'm going to vote that it lives!
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Are we talking with the hose or with the floor part? Might die with the floor part, but definitely not with the hose!
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Um, I just hope/assume it dies b/c I don't want to think about it being alive when I'm dumping the stuff out!
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Yikes!
In my mind they lay eggs and then multiply!!!
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I'm not sure. I usually scream for DH while running and jumping on the furniture. Or I throw the entire roll of paper towels or a shoe at it and hope it gets squished. In my defense, I'm allergic to spider bites.
But like @HLK208 said...I vacuumed up some ants with the hose once and they crawled out. They might be more resilient than spiders though.
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Spiders are freaking tough. I vote lives!
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A family friend has a clear canister on her vacuum. She told us that on more than one occasion she has vacuumed up a spider, then seen it walking around inside.
I still like to think they die lol
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@Mrs. Oatmeal: I do the same!! I'm always worried that they don't die and will get back out.
When I cleaned the basement and was vacuuming up spiders left and right, I immediately changed the vacuum bag and threw it away in the garage, just to be on the safe side!
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Live. My bff's gramma has a vacuum just for ladybugs (they infest houses in the fall here) and they crawl back out. I imagine spiders do the same thing.
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Live. I refuse to vac a spider for that reason!!
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Not sure, but I'm always VERY careful when dumping out the canister just in case. I figure if he's alive, he'll be pissed.
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Just to be safe I smash them and flush them down the toilet!
I still like to think they die lol
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