Originally Posted by SilverSabre25:
Dude when a spider makes a big web outside, we adopt it and name it and protect it. "Joe" was living in a beautiful orb web on our front porch until just a couple days ago. He's either dead or molting, I'm not sure which now. (I did some reading about orb weavers, lol). Hopefully molting because I'm rather attached to Joe. And a few years ago we had Fred living on the side of the house for several weeks.
Spiders are beneficial. They're GOOD. the harmful ones can die (recluse, widow, etc), but harmless grass spiders and orb weavers and the like? Live away.
same here! We named a guy on the porch Rocky (funnel web spider built his nest between rocks.) The kids fed him.
Originally Posted by Sunshine74:
I'm not sure if it is our county or NY state, but we have to have one too.
OP 
I'm sorry you had a bad inspection.
Where is this in NY regs?
sorry op. That stinks.