They have arrived! the 8 legged things! going to buy some peppermint oil/tea tree

Peppermint Oil and also an essential oils sp*der repellent spray (both from Amazon) have worked wonders in my house this year. I am phobic and have so many other health things to deal with that I don't want to hear that I should be doing something about my phobia - I have enough to do!

I use the essential oils spray areas I can't easily reach, and I dab a couple of drops of the peppermint oil on a cotton wool ball in corners that I can reach. So far, so good. I can recommend them and my house smells lovely!

My late brother in law, a builder, always said “Never live in a house that doesn’t have spiders.” No, I don’t know why either!

Blossoming

Just ignore them.

But they're not toilet trained and they poo everywhere after they've had their dinner of flies.

Just ignore them.

I have one living happily in my office, every now and then he/she will appear. First time I saw it, thought a mouse had got in there, it’s a biggie alright. I just leave them too it, make sure I don’t tread on it etc...
I’ll pick it up when I can, without hurting it, it’ll happily sit on my hand/arm and is actually quite impressive.
We’ll always have them along side us, so I just accept them.
BTW I was scared of spiders when younger, but got over it after a bit of effort.

I don't mind spiders and have a superstition that killing them would bring bad luck. I don't know where the superstition comes from.

I believe they are quite thirsty creatures and that's why they often appear out of drains and plugholes.

I hate crane flies far more and the way they "dangle"! I keep windows and doors shut once it gets dark so they don't enter the house.

I just got ready to get into bed 2 nights and and a spider ran up the bed ,i stuffed my pillow on top of it until i could get some tissue to grab it with,and luckily it was still there, i'm afraid it didn't live long,i had to get rid of down the toilet,
Blow me last night there was another one just sat on top of the covers,that went the same way
I always checheck me ceiling and walls every night, just in case, but this time they chose my bed
I did aplogise to them as i flushed the toilet, but no way was i getting in bed until i was sure they were gone
I will be checking every night now,cant bear spiders,they run too fast usually
Might try the peppermint oil i have some

We've got one lurking in the bath at the moment. I put a few drops of water in there this morning in case it wanted a drink! Do they need to drink water often? I don't know. I've considered dangling a piece of string over the side, like a ladder, to help it climb out, but then I wouldn't want it to be free to come into my bedroom and menace me.

I couldn't kill them though. I scoop them up on a sheet of paper and tip them out of the window. Scary when they run towards my hand, but it has to be done.

Must admit I have had conkers around and not seen any sp***s.

I threw the ones away on kitchen window sill (conkers not spiders) since then I have had two, one that ran down the stairs and won me!! the other like an Olympic athlete running across the carpet. We are off conker hunting this week.

The little bottles of peppermint.tea tree oil seem to have disappeared from H n B .

I don't care, even if they want to give me a kiss.

They're the stuff of nightmares!

Just be thankful we do not live in Australia!!!
I have! Yes, some are like dinner plates, but they are probably not the ones to kill you although they can give a painful bite.

Why do I always feel compelled to open these thread and then terrify myself at the thought of these eight-legged devil’s horsemen coming to get me?! ? ? ?

Dd1 has had some massive ones in her bath. A monster crawled out of one of my GD’s bath toys! Dd also had to take a reading from her outside meter cupboard and she swears the biggest arachnid ever reared itself up and roared at her! ?

Teacheranne a battery operated spider catcher Now there's posh!

Conkers do work I've got a good dozen around the house they seem to work better fresh off the tree.

I go on a spider hunt each night before I go to bed! I hope that by removing all the female long legged type, the big male ones won't bother coming in to look for them! I have a battery operated spider catcher from Lakeland which is great but I'm not sure i will be quick enough to catch the ones that race across the floor - and some of the beasts won't fit in the tube!

One came down on its thread and into my lap whilst I was reading in bed. And there is one that has taken up residence under the radiator pipe in the bedroom. I sleep more easily if I can see him - if I can't I begin to wonder where he is! - in my pjs??!!

I wish they were "little critters" as described above. Mine are big buggers!

Just be thankful we do not live in Australia!!!

Ihaf one fall from the ceiling onto my chest yesterday.I'm not bothered by them but I was pleased it didn't land in my diet drink .I just scooped it up and put it on the floor poor wee thing scarpered so fast even the cat couldn't catch it

Three so far in our house...big ones, huge b*****'s they were. One had the cheek to crawl up inside the leg of my jeans overnight whilst they were hanging up in the bathroom. Gave me a nasty shock. ?

Oh come on they're useful little creatures, they eat flies and bugs. All you need is a glass and a piece of cardboard and remove them into the garden. Think of them as Anansi. Watch this and maybe you will feel better about them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvb5EsITzoM

I like them! I love watching them scuttling across the floor trying to find a good hidey hole.

They do good work and are welcome.

I've been all of a quiver since finding a big spider in my saucepan cupboard the other day.

I keep shaking everything to make sure there are no monsters hiding..

I always have a clean glass jar and a card labelled SPIDERS and I keep them on the window ledge in the back porch so I always know where to find them.

I dread this time of year, it's usually as I'm watching TV that I see the scuttling little critters out the corner of my eye and I know I can't settle till I've seen it evicted. I invested in one of those catchers on a stick and a box on the end with a sliding door and I must say I feel braver with it, though the sliding of the door is a bit tricky till said creepy is shut in. I've tried the lavender oil around the doors and, touch wood, I haven't seen any for the past week so fingers crossed, I may have cracked it

Yes, spiders Discogran. I know they're good things but they can go somewhere else!

I've tried the peppermint oil, the little creatures don't seem to mind it at all.
Now have lots of lavender in the room and I'm wondering where there is a horse chestnut tree for conkers.

They seem to hide but must come out at night and mark their territory.