Thought you might be interested Thursday: spiders have a place in your home

Eew! Whack!

This is what not to do according to entomologist Matt Bertone in Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to. This stands out: "Although they are generalist predators, apt to eat anything they can catch, spiders regularly capture nuisance pests and even disease-carrying insects – for example, mosquitoes.

So take a pass on killing spiders and let them take on the nuisance pests in your home.