What happens to spiders when you vacuum then up...do they die?

Question

I have a terrible fear of spiders and earlier today there was a big black spider on my wall, so my mom vacuumed it up.

Does it die? Or is there a possibility it might crawl out when the vacuum is off??

What happens to it?

Answer 1

yeah, i did that once. i was cleaning up a a big black spider crawled across.

it died and never came out.

the force of a vacuum is so powerful that it moves at about the speed of sound [or light?]

Answer 2

If it is not killed by the trauma of being bounced around in the vacuum cleaner machinery, then it eventually will die trapped in the vacuum cleaner bag, alone, in the dark, starving... How would YOU like to die like that? Hungry? Thirsty? Alone? In the dark? Possibly severely injured? Time to get over your fear and do catch and release. I use a plastic cup and a file card. Put the cup over the spider. Slide in the file card to trap the spider in the cup. Carry the works outside and let the spider go in the bushes. Spiders eat a whole lot of bad bugs. Spiders are your friend in the neverending war against the bad guys.

Answer 3

the force of the vacuum probably kills them... i wouldn't worry about it.

Answer 4

Ick, I am scared of spiders too.  I don't vacuum them up but they should die within that dust and dubri in the vaccum.  I usually just spray them with bug spray then sweap them outside.