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Adopt a spider

Many of us are a bit spooked by spiders. But spiders will happily catch irritating insects like flies and mosquitoes in the home and keep down pests in the garden. In the UK, there are no naturally occurring spiders that can harm people, so leave them be rather than reaching for that can of toxic insect spray.

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