does your front door have a screen

This looks bad. By 'exposing myself' I meant sharing my personal secrets with you like this.

they look like this

i'm guessing they serve a purpose that's not needed where i live. bugs? if this is to protect against spiders i'm getting one

It's mostly for biting flies, around here you can't open the windows in the summer without a screen because of the mosquitoes and black flies.