https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 23:34:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844426 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:38:04 +0000 spaniellove 1844426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just to be safe I smash them and flush them down the toilet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844353 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:17:06 +0000 PawPrints 1844353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844352 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:15:33 +0000 sorrycharlie 1844352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Live. I refuse to vac a spider for that reason!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844319 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:35:52 +0000 Dandelion 1844319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844313 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:31:40 +0000 Adira 1844313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: I do the same!! I'm always worried that they don't die and will get back out.</p> <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844310 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:28:56 +0000 MrsKMM 1844310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. :meh: I still like to think they die lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844278 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:31:35 +0000 Lindsay05 1844278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spiders are freaking tough. I vote lives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844257 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:51:45 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1844257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844208 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:46:11 +0000 Mamaof2 1844208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes!<br /> In my mind they lay eggs and then multiply!!! :shocked:<br /> I never vacuum them up!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844180 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:43:22 +0000 snowjewelz 1844180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844176 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:39:03 +0000 StbHisMrs 1844176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are we talking with the hose or with the floor part? Might die with the floor part, but definitely not with the hose! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844165 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:17:24 +0000 HLK208 1844165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vacuumed ants and saw them crawling in the canister so I'm going to vote that it lives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844128 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:03:24 +0000 PurplePumps 1844128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vac them up with the central vac. I'm sure that bag is just a big old bug death trap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844110 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:42:06 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1844110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vacuum them...and then leave the vacuum running for an extra minute or so just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844103 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:33:14 +0000 Grace 1844103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844101 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:32:14 +0000 reyorra 1844101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope the brushes and bouncing around the walls of the vacuum will knock him out. Maybe he also suffocates in the dirt/dust... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844096 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:27:24 +0000 dc yoga bee 1844096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard this debate! I assume it gets all smashed up, and dies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844091 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:24:24 +0000 wonderstruck 1844091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-age-old-debate#post-1844078 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:09:02 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1844078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you vacuum up a spider, does it die. Or crawl back out? </p> <p>I'm voting die. I have a Dyson and I imagine it's like a tornado in there, right? (RIGHT??!!) </p>