Yes, I want a deterrent. I do not want to kill them.
I did buy a spider spray a few years ago and sprayed it up under the outside of my French doors and a load of spiders came down but then I read somewhere that this was really cruel It really really hurt them so I would never use it again…
I am a bit scared of them. It’s the way they move in any direction at great speed,if they plodded along I’m sure they wouldn’t be such a worry to me…
I am very shortsighted and before I had my cataract done, I would not have seen a spider unless it was perched on the end of my nose once I took my glasses off so swings and roundabouts 😁
A few years ago, I pulled back my duvet to get into bed and a blinking great spider went galloping up the bed and disappeared down the back of the headboard,couldn’t do much about it so I slept but not very soundly 🥹