She looks very happy in there — she’s been expanding her web, dropping gumfoot lines to the bottom of the cup, scouting out the slippery edge of the cup, and grooming herself. I don’t think it’s a great spot to capture small insects (but what do I know? I’ve got a spider in my coffee cup, maybe flies visit it all night long), so I’m going to have to relocate her.
Also, I need my coffee.
jimzy says
Relocate? Is that the only coffee cup you have? If so, I would recommend taking a caffeine capsule or two and feeding her some fruit flies.
kenbakermn says
Slurp her down with your coffee. Who knows what super powers you’ll end up with.
StevoR says
Gently relocate spider.
John Morales says
I have more than one coffee cup.
(Such hedonism!)
PZ Myers says
But I have a favorite coffee cup.
wzrd1 says
I’ve a favorite coffee cup and two spares. Largely in case I either break one or if I’m soaking the thing in drain cleaner to get the gunk residue out of one, one comes into rotation.
I’ve also a pair of emergency cups that I more often use as egg mixing bowls, as the volume of those cups is a bit excessive for my health and needs. Excessive, as in I can easily whisk a half dozen eggs in one, that’s a whole lot way too much coffee for someone with a leaking mitral valve.
StevoR says
It’s a brief moment in the lifetime of a cup. Even a fave one. Its an individual life at stake for the spider.
The cup willlast and endure,. The spider is short -lived. Not mayfly -short but relatively..
christoph says
I also have a favorite coffee cup, it was a gift at the height of COVID. It just says, “6 FEET BITCH.”
Autobot Silverwynde says
Oh, that’s easy: relocation. I find myself gently scolding a spider when I find one in a similar situation: “Hey, there’s nothing in this house that you can eat here. I gotta get you outside so you don’t starve!”
Yeah, I’m insanely nice to the poor things. My husband thinks I’m too nice.
PZ Myers says
The spider has been given a new home in a cluttered roll-top desk. She seemed the discerning, thoughtful type, so I figured that would work for her.
birgerjohansson says
PZ @ 9
Disappointing! I was expwcting you to “do a Renfield” and consume it.
fergl says
Ive never knowingly killed a spider. My Granny said it was bad luck. You cant disregard grannies.
Alan G. Humphrey says
PZ, you should have put a little vinegar in that cup and let the gnats come to their new diner.
beeseevee says
And after all of her hard work on that web? Now she needs to start over. :(