They're here again! (That time of year)

I thought you were going to say mice, phoenix. They start to come inside too at this time of the year.
As for spiders, I like them, we have them all year round.

Well, we all have them but rarely see them until Autumn and the mating season, but if you are seeing them all year round TriciaF I won't be moving to your area/country.?
Haven't heard the first mouse up in the loft yet, but it can only be a matter of time.

We've had some whoppers this year; must be something they're eating! And there's been more of them than usual. I've also found more castings too ie their 'skins' which are usually scrunched up in my study and I don't like touching them either in case ...............!

My house is surrounded by trees which, I think, encourage them. Wherever I walk out of doors I have to untangle myself from their webs. I also have to check the lights on my car, which lives under a carport, because they are covered in 'net curtains' every morning.

This last week I noticed a large web on the window outside, the spider was a big 'un, so i left it alone. Every morning I could see it busying itself on the web.
Yesterday, I noticed two cocoons in the web, both had large flies in them, and one fly was still alive and kicking! That was the last straw I'm afraid, I despatched the lot with my broom and also the gigantic monster that was lurking above!!! (was that the female I wonder?)
Yuk!

It was like The Hobbit! ?

TriciaF the only mice we have are the ones that the cats bring in!

Why do they make webs across the windows I want open, so I have to keep them shut in case they creep in. We have plenty in the garden but the gazillion confers around the house have kept them out so far.
We spotted one with a huge body but short legs the other day but it was bright red never seen on of them before.

That should read 'conkers'

I like spiders, they come in so many sizes and shapes. Walking through the garden this time of year is hazardous end up with hair and face full of spider web

I have just, this week, collected a whole new batch of conkers and spread those around my windowcills and doorways. Find these help to keep those 8-legged visitors out of my house

I have a large beer glass that I trap them with and then I slip a birthday card underneath and release them in the garden. Works for wasps and bees too. I do admit to sometimes dropping the spiders from my bedroom window upstairs! I’ve convinced myself that they are so light that they won’t break a leg, never mind 8 of them. ???

Charley - the spiders are here in south London, quite large indoors. Luckily, this is the first year for many years that I've not been bitten outdoors, which is great as I always get infections which need antibiotics.

Not only huge spiders but the swarms of ladybirds have landed here again this week ,hundreds of them I am finding them everywhere and they bite!

? Lona, we had one in the process of wrapping a fly up. I was just sorry DGS wasn't here to see it. He would have loved it.
I hoover round the spiders and try not to disturb them too much.

Our spiders are big enough to have pit clogs on, and I`m terrified of them! Mice would be a doddle, at least they`re cute, and I don`t mind picking THEM up, hopefully before the cat gets them.

We currently have a mouse in our sittingroom! Dh saw it run in from the kitchen earlier this evening. It's made one brief reappearance but we can't find it. My two enormous cats are being totally useless, they're both fast asleep.

If mice ate spiders, I'd let it stay but I fear that's wishful thinking.

Spiders give me the creeps too but I don't like to kill them. I know a woman who Hoovers them up but I feel that's cruel. I swear by the spider catcher you get in Lakeland costing about £12.. It's a long tube with a battery operated suction thingy at the end. It gathers them up gently and you put the cap on at the end of the tube take it outside and release the offender into the garden. I use it for bees and wasps too but flies are too quick....or too fly maybe!!

Sitting reading the paper yesterday when out of the corner of my eye saw something black move on the armrest a few inches from my arm. A massive spider, which looked as shocked as i was, it scurried away very fast so have to assume its still somewhere in the room.
Caught another under a glass at my daughters yesterday and put it out onto a nice plant in her garden.

Good old lakeland , always has a gadget for everything. £12???? A container and a bit of paper slid under will do the trick and save a few squid.

They've been here in darkest Sussex for several weeks . There was a big black one in the shower this morning, daring me to shift it. With enormous bravery, I picked it up in a LARGE duster and hurled the whole lot out of the window. Must look for some new conkers---the trouble is, most of the horse chestnut trees round here are on their last legs (roots?) because of that rusty blight.

This makes me laugh ?

My trees are covered in the most intricate ad beautiful webs in the misty mornings now, I love that lacey effect!!!!

They are welcome to winter with me............

We are dog sitters and have quite a few varied breeds and size dogs in our home, we also have a mostly paved back garden for practicality reasons, I wonder if the dogs see a spider if they eat it or kill it, and the fact we don't have any grass, we haven't had many spiders in our house this year.
My husband is fantastic at getting them for me, I hate them
Still my family get worse ones in Australia.

They arrived in the south west a few weeks ago... some whoppers in the baths and a brave few running across the carpets. My cat is useless at catching them but I am getting quite good with my old spider catcher. I take the spider to the end of the card and release them into next door's garden. I don't mind the garden spiders - although there seem to be more than ever this year.