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Daniel · 10 answers · 4y

Do spiders die when you suck them away with a vacuum cleaner?

Since they breathe through their exoskeleton, yes they suffocate fairly quickly.

or.... do they await their revenge and tell their young-lings to avenge them? Hmmmmm.... the answer is do you feel lucky?- well.... do you?

Probably—the suction injures them and they’re buried in a ton of crap that they suffocate them. :(

I once had lots of baby spiders in my bedroom and I sucked them up and then took the bag out and put it in the freezer (tied up in another bag) to make sure they didn't survive.

probably not immediately, but I don't know how livable the inside of the dust trap part is for them

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