Computer bugs > arachnids

Late last night I heard the unmistakable sound of something colliding with a computer fan. Having only cleaned it out on Monday, I was worried that I must’ve broke something.

I turned my phone’s light on and had a peek. My computer’s glass panel had some scratches on it, which weren’t there when I cleaned it out. Then the scratches flickered with the current of the fans.

I shine my light about, I can’t see anything. I sit back up, launch the program that controls my computer’s RGB lights, and crank them up to max. There’s a flipping giant house spider in there.

Thankfully the bright lights seem to spook it into a corner. I keep my phone light on as I power down my PC, and with the grace of a bomb disposal expert, I remove the glass panel and shoo the bastard out with a paintbrush.

Of course, rather than running into the open, it runs off under my computer and disappears off the face of the earth. A good half an hour is spent tiptoeing about and poking everything with a ruler until I catch the bugger.

Spiders are neat. They’re fascinating, almost alien. They’re remarkable predators and I’m astonished at the sheer diversity between them. You get the ones that spin webs, build tunnels, ones that jump, ones that disguise themselves as flowers. Recently they found one that uses silk to catapult ants into its web!

But giant house spiders? They can go and do one. They’re too big, too quick, and they invade our homes. Even though they’re harmless, everything about them disgusts me, and then my brain goes into overdrive thinking about all the crevices in which more may be lurking. Eugh.

I can’t say I slept well last night. Ignorance is bliss.