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In Costa Rica I saw a few houses deploy some type of lizard around the property to take care of spiders, mosquitoes, and scorpions. They appeared just pet-like enough not to freak out most visitors, were anti-social to humans, and seemed to have a voracious appetite for pests.

- You wish birds would eat them.

- You get birds that eat them.

- You don't want to get said birds.

- You get foxes that eat them.

- You get dogs that eat them.

- Wolves, hyenas, lions.

- Lions die in winter.

- The wheel of the seasons

- You run the dogs over

- Ant lions have their way

Here at Brazil it's mostly lizards that eat spiders similar to black widows, not birds.