On the Inside

So... I was using the bathroom downstairs, and I believe that because of its close proximity to the basement (and a ventilation fan that actually blows down into the basement when the light is on) there are spiders in this bathroom. Most of them are small, but every now and then one that might have a centimeter leg span can be seen crawling around. Today I watched as a bigger one crawled all over the place looking for prey or a place to call home. (I always wonder as I watch them what exactly they're looking for...)

This particular spider ran across a few other spiders' webs, but those were itty bitty spiders. I couldn't tell if he was trying to score one of their pre-built webs or just feed off them. They would always run away speedy quick on their little webs and the big spider would move on. Now, believe it or not, I believe he got caught in one of the webs! The little spider is probably greedily biding his time until the big dude is sleeping to go inject him with poison and wrap him up. It's incredible the things that happen once you buy a house!

I'd like to call this display of awesome spider mortal combat pesticide, bringing a new meaning to the word that for some people is synonymous with carcinogen. Pesticide is the killing of one pest by another pest, in this case spiders. Now I just need to get another mouse...