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My husband loves the spider catcher I got him ( we both have a fear of spiders!).

We used to be plagued with them but I’ve been putting conkers on every windowsill for a few years and haven’t been bothered by them since

SillyNanny321

I’ve got several different types of Spider Catchers bought over the years but after seeing what a small Cellar Spider did to a GHS about 3 times his/her size I leave the Cellar spiders alone now. If they miss a GHS or any of the others I will grab the nearest Catcher & then evict the caught one at the wild bottom of my garden. Never go in there just to the start & let my Gardener go in & play with all the evicted spiders when it needs sorting out!

What’s a GHS?

Missadventure I totally agree with you. Why would I want to put it in a shed?! It means I won't be able to go into the shed!

Just a thought - if spiders are in your house, what do you think that they are living on?
I'd rather have the spiders (who IMO tend to hide out of the way) than flies and other insects.....

Conkers do the trick.
Always place them light brown side up along window ledges or anywhere else you’ve noticed spiders.
They don’t like the smell they give out, although we don’t smell it.
I’ve been doing it for years now, and refresh the conkers every year.
It works, and it’s free 😀👍

Me too 👍

I've always been scared of spiders but living in the country now I have finally found the formula to keep them at bay. If one appears I talk to it and say quite calmly 'you can live here with me free of charge as long as you stay out of my sight. If you insist on reappearing then I'm afraid you're free game for my hunter cat!'.

A battery operated spider catcher, about two feet long.

I had a sort of perspex box spider catcher, but it used to catch the spiders legs in it when it closed.
Then my grandson broke it, anyway.

Ive seen one that has sticky looking bristles that capture the spider, but that's too close for comfort for me.

I like my electric tennis bat, I'm afraid.

I don't mind the very thin ones with wavery legs but I don't like the thick -legged large ones and if one of those Australian Huntsman thingies landed on me I would literally have a coronary.
Its the fast movement that bothers me although I understand that they're just frightened and trying to get out of trouble.
They are useful and eat insects. Each mosquito eaten is a gold medal for the spider. At least they don't leave itchy bites.

I like spiders but my dil is terrified of them and my eldest
GS has picked up her phobia, so I bought some peppermint oil and some cotton wool balls and dotted them liberally around the window sills especially the conservatory and hey presto no more spiders in the house.

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I have had an "Ultrasonic Whole House Spider Repellant' from Primrose Gardens online which I bought 14 years ago when we moved house.

We have never seen a spider in all that time. We live in a lovely tree lined avenue with a large open green wooded space 100 yards away. And our house backs onto the city's Botanical Gardens.
Which makes our home very vulnerable for all crawlies. But not one has been seen.

We had two at our previous house as it was very large, one on the landing and one in the hall. But I don't think that's really necessary as the sound is carried through the electrical ring main of your house.

Pets aren't affected by the sound (we had/have German Shepherd dogs) and if you have carpeting where you plug it in then you won't hear a thing but you will hear a humming if you have wooden flooring

I couldn't be without it as my phobia of spiders is very bad

They sell for £18:99 at present.

rosyposy50

SillyNanny321

I’ve got several different types of Spider Catchers bought over the years but after seeing what a small Cellar Spider did to a GHS about 3 times his/her size I leave the Cellar spiders alone now. If they miss a GHS or any of the others I will grab the nearest Catcher & then evict the caught one at the wild bottom of my garden. Never go in there just to the start & let my Gardener go in & play with all the evicted spiders when it needs sorting out!

What’s a GHS?

I'm still wondering that too. Could it be a giant house spider, maybe?

I've named my spiders over the years. "Our Boy" "Skinny Boy" and Titch. It has been quite sad when they are no longer around.

i always leave spiders alone in the winter, in the summer i scoop them up in my hand and put them outside, i stay in a small 4 high block of flats so don't have too many.

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The trouble with just putting them outside is, they are often back in before you are. They are inside spiders after all. You need to move them further away, preferably over the fence and into your neighbours house. 😉

Terrified of spiders - especially fast big black ones that run like lightning. I have a long battery-operated spider catcher, but am not a huge fan as they run up and down inside the clear plastic tube, too near to my hand.

I tried the peppermint spider repellent but they liked it - it didn't repel. So I bought a spray of 'Nope' spider killer on Amazon. It works. OK, I am wicked, but I can't have a big black thing with 8 legs in the house... so sorry, I wish it was otherwise.

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What is wrong with everybody? Why would anyone want to kill a spider? We’re not living in Australia!
Leave the poor bloody things alone and stop being so self-absorbed.

LaCrepescule

What is wrong with everybody? Why would anyone want to kill a spider? We’re not living in Australia!
Leave the poor bloody things alone and stop being so self-absorbed.

Is it too hard to understand that some people may be terrified of them? What's self-absorbed about that?

Time to maybe become a little more ‘self-absorbed’ and arrange a name change to Crep*u*scule? That of course is ‘Twilight’, and I suspect you’d much prefer to the current spelling (which suggests pancakes and arses?! 🙈)

The spiders in the UK don't usually bite and the only native poisonous ones are tiny and have jaws that are too weak to bite humans.
They're probably more scared of you.