Hi Sue, I wouldn't be afraid of spider webs if I could somehow be assured that they were vacant. Since I never know, they freak me out too. Whenever I find one in my apartment, which does happen since it's a basement apartment, I attack the web violently with the nearest shoe--just in case. And this from a girl whose mom often brings spiders outside and releases them when she finds them. I agree in principle--they eat mosquitoes and other biting bugs--but I'm *never* going to handle a spider voluntarily. <grin> Kellie