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Beeb Sun 06-Apr-25 18:52:18

I haven’t seen any recently (north of England), but maybe that’s because we have lots of cellar spiders (daddy long leg spiders) which eat other spiders. They were originally subtropical but have been spread by people around the world. We now look more kindly on the regular house spider smile

HiPpyChick57 Sun 06-Apr-25 18:51:09

I see them regularly here in South wales
Not so many Earwigs. I haven’t seen one for years.

Anotherbottle Sun 06-Apr-25 17:40:02

We see them in the south…. Twirl them round your head 3 times for good luck ! They must not land though !

Skydancer Sun 06-Apr-25 16:18:18

I saw one this morning in my hair.

Picklesgranma Sun 06-Apr-25 16:05:39

Live in Derbyshire and we have plenty of moneyspiders but not so many earwigs these says, can't say I miss them either!

Jojo1950 Sun 06-Apr-25 14:46:32

Me too! Never helped though! 🙄

missdeke Sun 06-Apr-25 14:24:38

I see plenty of them, another East Anglian.

Jojo1950 Sun 06-Apr-25 14:11:28

I haven’t seen any for years either. Not in the south or even now in the north! 😔

25Avalon Sun 06-Apr-25 14:06:23

Mum used to twirl it around her head to land on her hair for luck. That was in Hertfordshire

AuntieE Sun 06-Apr-25 14:00:59

keepingquiet

North of England here. I still see them often. Sometimes, like apostrophes, they're in the wrong place.

Where exactly in the original post did you see a misplaced apostrophe?

They are all where they should be!

Whingey Fri 04-Apr-25 18:27:09

I got the washing in and a ginormous spider was on a towel 😨

Jaxjacky Mon 31-Mar-25 19:47:08

I saw one the other day, it was on my book I was reading!

Hellogirl1 Mon 31-Mar-25 19:21:40

Yuk, earwigs! When we lived in Lancashire, many years ago, the washing was always covered in them when brought in off the line, I used to dread it. Since we moved to Lincolnshire, 48 years ago, nary a one, thank goodness.

boheminan Mon 31-Mar-25 19:19:36

South East here. Had one crawling across my hand last night but it's run across the wrong hands if it thinks it's going to bring me money! I wonder where the idea originated?

Grandadpete Mon 31-Mar-25 17:48:23

keepingquiet

North of England here. I still see them often. Sometimes, like apostrophes, they're in the wrong place.

Ah the typo police , thanks 👍

BlueBelle Mon 31-Mar-25 17:04:21

I m like you Grandadpete haven’t seen one for years
East Anglia
Nor have I seen any earwigs although I m on my allotment and garden a lot

CountessFosco Mon 31-Mar-25 16:40:29

keepingquiet

North of England here. I still see them often. Sometimes, like apostrophes, they're in the wrong place.

smile

Pittcity Mon 31-Mar-25 16:39:43

keepingquiet

North of England here. I still see them often. Sometimes, like apostrophes, they're in the wrong place.

grin

keepingquiet Mon 31-Mar-25 16:37:05

North of England here. I still see them often. Sometimes, like apostrophes, they're in the wrong place.

Grandadpete Mon 31-Mar-25 16:18:15

Growing up in the North of England in the at any given time there'd always be at least one money spider visible in the house, often dangling apparently in mid air on invisible
web thread and they were supposed to bring a good luck and a fortune, if you let one run over your hands .
I haven't seen one for years now. Maybe I'm imagining it,
maybe it's just chance or my memory has exaggerated how common they were.
Or has something happened to reduce their numbers in the last decade or so?