The Zohan

We seem to have more than our fair share at the moment, not just little money spiders, big buggers, say 4" long incl legs.

My other half is arachnophobic which does not help as i have to deal with them ALL!

Tend to trap them in a glass and empty them out into the garden unless she wakes me at some ungodly hour to remove one which usually involves a rolled up Top Gear mag and a good wallop or three!

Is this normal to have lots of them, say 2-4 a day?
How do they get in (assume they have not got keys)?
What will deterr them?

Paul

Big Den

I had been told that if you just put them outside still alive they make there way back in to where they just came from - whether this is true or not, who knows?

So in theory you could be just continually putting the same one or two spiders out over & over again

Get a cat - mine eats them as they run across the floor if she spots them!!

Den

The Zohan

Thanks Den

Sadly we have three cats - all they are good for is sleeping, around 20hrs a day and eating cat food - not interested in spiders - i may put them on a diet however!

ajm

Untrue in the case of spiders. Snails are quite good at homing though!

Obviously if you put a house spider outside it will naturally start looking for shelter from the elements, so there is a chance of it finding its way back into the house, albeit unintentionally.

ScoobyDoo555

It's always around this time of year - I was speaking to my wife's uncle a few years ago about this. He was installing our house alarm, and was saying something about it being this time of year that the spiders hatch and get into the PIRs etc....

We've got bl00dy huge ones too - on average 2 per day

Don't really mind them, but the dogs love chasing them across the floor!!

Dan

David Lock

P L E A S E - not another Tweaky thread........

The Zohan

LOL

No, not 'who's you daddy' time, it is to pulp the spider with honest!

Jaydee5

Don't know why I read this thread


I think I was hoping some Pied Piper type person would lure all the blimmin things from my house

pslewis

Why so many spiders in the house at the moment?
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Because it's raining outside, maybe??

Pete

Julz1983

We have had loads of spiders aswell, and I hate them, the other night one ran across the living room floor and went under the tv unit, I knew it couldn't be caught, I screamed and my husband came to have a look, it ran out from the unit and went under the sofa, I wouldn't sit down til it was caught, it was massive, it had legs like a supermodel and you could see its face!!!!!! I had my husband moving the sofas, but it had gone, I wouldn't stay in the room, I start to panic and to be quite honest I think I need to see someone about my phobia it's that bad, went upstairs later on to the bathroom, turned around and there was a huge spider identical to the one downstairs, my husband got it, flushed it down the toilet, took a good 3-4 flushes for it to bugger off and a roll of toilet roll (just to be sure!!), he convinced me that it was the one from downstairs (but I'm not so sure!), I think he only said it for me to calm down, it didn't work though, I start to feel all weird and itchy, in the end I had to go in the shower coz I was itching like mad, I hate this time of year as they all seem to come out in force and when you are petrified it doesn't help coz once I've seen one I always think there are more and will look around the house just incase!

Apparition

Found one in our bed last night....... flicked it across the room......where it went no one knows.
Yve

Floyd

iTrader: (9)

If it's hot then you open the windows and they come in. If you have vines and climbing plants on your house it'll be worse. They also come in for the fly's that appear when the doors and windows are open of course.

F

The Zohan

Right then

Cats on a diet in the hope they will sic 'em
Bushes trimmed around thr front window
Top Gear mag in hand (for whacking the spiders!)

Bring it on you 8 legged monsters!

SHESCOOBY

eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww SPIDERS hate the Buggers

October is the worst as well as the weather changes they come into the warm houses!!!

Hmmm now where did I put that Spider prevention Spray (and it works)
(sprays round windows and Doors seals)

Kaz

ajm

Spiders are wonderful creatures and you should welcome them into your home which, afterall, is plonked smack bang in the middle of their habitat!

Shonen

If a spider comes into my house then it is fair game! Stay in the garden and I wont splat you, come into the house then you are dead!

David Lock

Aren't they revered in China or somewhere as special creatures?

And don't forget it's Crane Fly season soon! Bloody things swanning around the kitchen dropping into the gravy and leaving fallen off legs around the place

SHESCOOBY

Ahh the crane fly "THE DADDY LONG LEGS" thats what I call them

TIPULIDAE OLERACEA

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

Leave em be, they couldn't hurt you even if they wanted and they are great at getting rid of pests like flies and wasps this time of year.

Also, they're great way of blackmailing the other half!! Ok darling, I'll remove the spider if you put this on!

Ok, I really need to get out more!!

NS04

Twisted Eye

We had monsters comming in when they harvested the field next to us.
We used one of the plug in ultrasonic/electromagnetic Pest-x repeller things from Lentec.
Thought it wouldn't work but it did!