RE:Spiders

It has been my experience that all you have to do to get rid of unwanted spiders is to simply disturb their webs.  Take the broom and knock them down.  The spiders will then move on.
 
As a child (I feel ashamed about it now) we used to remove the legs off the daddy longlegs because the legs would continue to move after being severed from the spider.  My point being however, is that they never once bit me while handling them.  If ever a daddy longleg was going to bite, I would think it would be then. 
 
I have a few that pop up in the garden from time to time.  Although they are good in the garden because they remove unwanted pests, I still make a mess of their webs to move them along.  The reason is: one or three daddy longleg spiders (or any other spider for that matter) is relatively no help in the garden.  They ingest only one pest only once and a while.  Besides, if they stayed, the lizards that hunt my garden for bugs would surely get them.  In the mean time, I have annoying webs in my garden that stick to my arms and hands when I am tending it. 
 
Spiders are just not of very much use in the garden.
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