Spiders! 🕷 🕷

I have a spider who has taken up residence in my pantry. I haven't the heart to get rid of it. Very well behaved. Wasn't there one morning when I opened the door and I felt quite sad, looked again later and was back - felt so relieved.

How brave you all are!!! They terrify me and last week I saw an absolute giant around 4-5 inches in size and sitting on one of my blinds, never seen anything that size before. Managed to hoover it up but then there was the problem of emptying the cleaner to get rid of the damn thing. Eventually did that outside and hit it with a shovel. Since then have seen 2 others that would normally have freaked me out but they were only around 2'' in size so got rid of those too in the same way. Looks like being a bad year for spiders.

Found this by my bed the other night….. sorry I hoovered it up as I wasn’t in the mood to do battle with it.

Try to be positive and call them environmentally friendly fly catchers

So it’s not just me- they are getting bigger! 😱😱😱😱😱

#kittylester I have a similar story from when I was 16. My mother and siblings had gone on holiday to visit my aunt and I stayed at home with my dad. I went to the loo and on the way out the door a spider dropped down from the middle of the empty doorway and blocked my path. Back then there were no mobiles, obviously. I sat on the side of the bath until my dad came home from work to rescue me. Needless to say he thought it was hilarious. I wouldn't harm them in fact I can't touch them at all. I just leave the room until they disappear. If they want to live in my bedroom I just sleep elsewhere. I'm really terrified of them although I know they won't hurt me - probably!

We have a conservatory at the back of our house and …….. spiders in every corner and the ceiling struts. Big ones, medium and baby ones. I don’t much care for any of them but they snag the nasties and take them to their lairs but have taken exception to the big one - he caught a bumble bee in his web - and unfortunately that was the last we saw of the bumble bee. I think the bumble bee put up a fight though - we haven’t seen the spider since.

Beloved is terrified of them, I just dislike them. I use the card and glass trick.

I tend to enrole them in flying lessons with Air Flingus

Elless love your gate spider - does it keep cold callers away?
I don't mind them and leave them be in our house (no, I'm not houseproud about cobwebs!).
The only exception was the big one who used to live up in the corner of the bedroom ceiling but woke me up one night running across my bare shoulder - I'm afraid s/he was evicted for abusing my tolerance!

I show my young granddaughter that she doesn’t need to be afraid of spiders - ‘incy wincy’rhyme and stories. She watches as I pick them up and put them outside. Her mother on the other hand is hysterical when she sees one! Not a good role model.

Yes, Primrose 53. Conkers! My Mum swore by them although she was quite happy to handle them - even the enormous strawberry spiders. I don’t see as many as I used to maybe be I now have wooden floors instead of carpets ?

Some years ago...... and I wonder if anyone else read the article..... one of the newspapers quoted from the scientific press that housholds where spiders were not discouraged had fewer members suffering from URT infections The paper quoted suggested that bacteria and viruses got caught on the web

Shinamae

Funny enough last night, there was a huge spider in my sink which I managed to get out and put outside.
Then when I went to bed, there was not quite such a huge one on my ceiling and I couldn’t reach it so where is now I don’t know.
I do have one of those electronic spider, deterrent things and spray my curtains and bedding occasionally with a spray of pepper mint and water.. If I haven’t got the mint I will use citronella..

I had one of those and it worked very well. Then my grandson came round and he complained of a pain in his head whenever he sat on a certain chair, but the pain got less when he moved elsewhere in the lounge. As soon as I unplugged the spider thingy, the pain went completely. They are supposed to be harmless to people and pets but after that I wasn't sure so never used it again. I do use conkers but they become play things for the cat.

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My bad boy found in the bath, god knows what sort it is , but trying to get him out I dropped him hence him curled up. I soon got rid tho outside

I had the biggest spider I have ever seen, complete with hairy legs, in my kitchen recently. I can’t harm them, so I got the usual jar to catch it in and the and card to cover the jar to take it outside, but the spiders spread was wider than the jar, so I went to hunt for something bigger and when I got back it had disappeared!!!!

My late husband used to be able to remove them for me as I am really scared of them, I can't remember why but I've been scared of them for as long as I can remember. I bought this spider catcher thats made of fine bristles and hopefully if its not too high for me I might be able to use it. At the moment I have sprayed all my windows, doors and any external pipes or wire entries with the mint spray and my cat often catches them for me.

I don't mind small spiders but when it's a baby one I always wonder where its mum is hiding!

You can buy ultrasonic devices which repel spiders - they leave because it's uncomfortable for them. You need 2-3 for a 3 bed house. We haven't had any huge ones since we installed them.

My daughter yelled from the front room there is a big spider on the ceiling, then ran upstairs to escape. I checked to see if she was exaggerating, no she wasn’t. I yelled for hubby to rescue us from the ‘man eating tarantula’.

I’ve spent a few hours attempting to begin sorting out mr i’s man shed. I’ve tried several times and failed. Today I met several spiders but luckily they scurried off.

The good news - I found hedgehog poo by my hostas, this confirms I have a garden hedgehog, this is why a) my big daft young lab barks at night and B) why the hostas and big green leaf plants aren’t being shredded by slugs

Apparently this is an English house spider - in Scotland ! They’re moving north as the weather changes. I’ve caught a few, take them outside and give them a severe talking to. I’ve read that they only like to be indoors so when I put them out, they might go to a neighbour’s house. Trouble is, my neighbours may do the same so I might be finding the same one coming back! It’s funny how they just seem to appear in the middle of the lounge floor but I have a few of these spray lids dotted about the house to catch whatever might appear wherever. 🕷️🕷️

When I was a child we had a spider in our living room that used to come out every evening and sit beneath the TV. We called him Fred! Since then, I've never been afraid of spiders - thanks Mum and Dad

I've bought a couple bottles of peppermint and lavender essential oils. A few drops over the door thresholds and window sills and so far so good. I did this last year too and it worked well, apparently they don't like the strong smells, it keeps the house smelling nice too.

I’m as afraid of spiders as they are of me. We have an understanding. They don’t invade my personal space and I won’t invade theirs.
We’ve had fewer since we’ve had the dog, because she eats them if she sees them moving

Ive never killed a spider. I used to put them carefully outside if I found them but now I just leave them be. I cant imagine what they find to eat. Thats their problem.

My cleaner found one in the small downstairs loo (next to the hall so it probably came in that way, and I told him to leave it be. I have got better things to do than go around killing small creatures - unless they are wasps! I was stung on the lip by a wasp as a kid and I had to be taken to A&E because I went into shock. I hate the things.

Sorry. I kill spiders. Disposing of their squashed bodies with the refrain “One less to breed”
The way they move makes me feel so shaken that I’ve been know to be sick on them. Only another person who shares my fear of them knows how seeing one affects me.
Unlike Australia where it’s very common to have your home sprayed against them (as many there are poisonous) there’s nothing similar in the UK as an anti spider service. But. You can do it yourself. There’s many sprays available to keep ants away. This also acts against spiders. Spray all around the edge of rooms, windows and doors. On first starting to use the spray it seems to last up to 3 months. After a few years, it can last up to 12 months.
Again I apologise. I know spiders can’t hurt me yet I have to know that any coming into my home never get the chance to return.