[ID: screenshot of a facebook post in the Entomemeology group. The post reads: I am the house's designated spider relocator and I decided to mark the cups I like to use for it so they don't get thrown out accidentally. I did this so the spiders don't panic and just know their ride is here. also beacuase i am australian, it also comes in size large. edit: I made it sillier. Below the text are two images. The first shows two clear plastic cups, one small and one large, upside down on a table, with Uber Spider printed on them. The second image shows the same cups with sheets of card next to them, the cards have cars and part of the Uber app printed on them. /end ID]
for anyone who doesn't know the trick: you put the empty cup over the spider, so it has nowhere to go except the inside of the cup. then you slide a paper towel or an index card or something between the cup and the surface, doesn't matter what exactly as long as it's longer and wider than the cup rim, and flat enough that getting it between the cup and the surface doesn't require tipping the cup away from the surface. the idea is, once the spider is inside the cup, it has no way to leave.
then you hold the paper towel or index card or whatever tight against the cup of spider, and you escort the spider out of the building.
(the cup does not have to be designated for this purpose, but I wouldn't use it for anything else until it's been through the dishwasher, either, and putting license plates on the spider Uber is certainly a funny way to guarantee nobody uses it for anything else)
























