Everyone knows spiders hate fire

Of all pests that make their way into the home, spiders have to be one of the worst. We eat a few of them while sleeping every year, and threaten tall people with the chance of walking through one of their webs at any time. It’s horrible.

But they’re taking on a new tactic, and the only good news is that it only works on a niche group: men with blowtorches lying around. A man in Chico, California had had it with the spiders in his house. We imagine they were quite formidable, because a mere tissue wasn’t enough. Instead, the man was lured by the spiders to use a blowtorch, falling into the spider’s trap when he sprayed some dead plants and they ignited.

The house didn’t burn down, thanks to firefighters, but it did have significant damage. The good news is that the little bastards were fried.