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		danShumway on March 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joro spiders likely to spread beyond Georgia Maybe silly question, but how do you get the insect back out in a controlled way? I assume they don't die inside of there. I have a vacuum with a detachable wand, but I've never really used it for insects because I always felt like... now what? Can't they just crawl back out? Also slightly skeptical of a handheld grabber or my vacuum's ability to handle a 3 inch spider, but maybe I'm overestimating their grabbing strength. I guess I could also upgrade.

GrinningFool on March 10, 2022 [–]

I've only ever had to pull the release, and they drop out (sometimes with a little shake). Surprisingly, it's never harmed them.

We have picked up wolf spiders of that size with it. The spider reflexively plays dead and gets small but runs off on release.

danShumway on March 10, 2022 | [–]

Huh. Maybe I should give one a try then.

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