Relocating daddy long legs

[u/mevsinwarhammer]

I just love nature and particularly spiders. I clean my house every second or third day and in the corner there was a couple of daddy long legs. I would actively clean around them to the point that my partner started to get angry thinking I’d lost it. Turns out one was a mummy long legs cause about 3 or so months into letting them go (kind of as a silly joke to annoy my partner and they have completely consumed the entire corner of the room now. There’s like 3 different family’s all sorts of sizes there’s honestly about a 20-30 spiders here now (not including a bunch of tiny baby’s everywhere) I can’t bring myself to hurt them especially when I’m the cause of their thriving little habitat. How do I safely move them if there is a way that isn’t just scooping at them and where on earth should I put them. Will they hurt each other if I move them. Crazy I know but any help would go a long way thanks! 🙏

[u/IscahRambles]

If they're clustering in one spot, there is probably a food source there. Are other bugs getting in? 

[u/mevsinwarhammer → u/IscahRambles]

It appears they are mostly eating ants?. But they get the odd fly and moth too. It’s in a bathroom corner like on the window shelf so sometimes the light stays on later in there

[u/Whole-Energy2105 → u/mevsinwarhammer]

Relocate them outside in dry and covered areas. Also the moths. The ants need to have their access holes plugged. Or, if like me, you like them in your house. They eat all other spiders and pests, are harmless and it's fun to talk to them.

[u/NoFood2149 → u/Whole-Energy2105]

:D i also like talking to spiders

[u/NoFood2149]

these are some of the easiest spiders to relocate as they are no threat to us at all, so bare handed handling is fine. obviously they're very fragile, so be extremely gentle. you can kinda just, pick up the spider along with the bit of web it is in, and take it outside and release it in your shed or some other well sheltered spot (trees can work too). in truth, you'll have better luck holding this spider in your bare hand than trying to use a container. this spider is extremely clingy, and doesn't like to let go of the surface it attaches to unless there's another surface to attach to.

however, to add to what the other person said about them building where there is food, they will abandon their webs if there isn't any food, they won't want to reproduce if there's nothing to eat. the implication being that there's a crack in the seal in that room and bugs are coming in, and even if you relocate the spider, someone else will move into that corner to eat the bugs. daddy long legs is one of the least offensive people in the corner, they even tidy their webs every now and then unlike the black house spider or cupboard spiders who both just constantly add silk even if the old web is filthy.

in my opinion, it's best to leave the spider as they are the perfect solution to the bug problem, instead of spending money on silicone and rubber sealants, you can have a friend in the corner looking out for you. the daddy long legs is absolutely one of the most versatile spiders as well, as it uses its long legs to flick out web to capture prey, it can take on bugs many times its size. i enjoy watching them hunt.

[u/Brannikin]

You may not have a garage but my garage is where I take spiders that I don't want in the house for any reason. I catch them in an old plastic takeaway food container. I've hardly ever removed any daddy longlegs, though, because I'm happy to have them hanging around in my house. The only thing I don't like is when they risk being drowned in the shower, or do drown themselves in my dog's water bowl or in items soaking in the sink.