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Deterring Spiders
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I read somewhere that chestnuts (the conkers type) deter spiders. Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone tried the spider deterrent sprays that are for sale, and do they work? I am over-run with the beasts this year.
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This time of the year you see more of them because males are looking for females to mate.
If you can ignore them, that's the easiest - they simply travel around the house, and if you leave them alone, they will avoid you if they can.
The notion that everyone swallows six spiders in their sleep is one of the original apocryphal myths spread at the very start of the internet. It has no basis in truth whatever - spiders like dry dark places, they would no more approach a human mouth which is breathing out moist air, than fly - much less get close enough to fall in.
So if you can co-exist with spiders, it is the easiest way - there is no way of getting rid of them completely, short of living in a sterile environment.
This time of the year you see more of them because males are looking for females to mate.
If you can ignore them, that's the easiest - they simply travel around the house, and if you leave them alone, they will avoid you if they can.
The notion that everyone swallows six spiders in their sleep is one of the original apocryphal myths spread at the very start of the internet. It has no basis in truth whatever - spiders like dry dark places, they would no more approach a human mouth which is breathing out moist air, than fly - much less get close enough to fall in.
So if you can co-exist with spiders, it is the easiest way - there is no way of getting rid of them completely, short of living in a sterile environment.
Yes, that is exactly what I do when I find them, sandyroe, but I would like to deter them from coming into the house in the first place. i don't want to kill them, but I would like to change their minds about overwintering in my kitchen and living room - and cecil, you made me laugh there, I had forgotten about that wee rhyme. I think that is why I have reached the grand old age that I am - I try not to kill the spiders I meet, if at all possible. Ant powder might be a bit extreme, as it might harm them. The garden has hundreds this year, far more than I have seen in previous years. Must have been the wet summer that helped them to thrive. Thanks to everyone who answered.
Oh no I cannot sleep if I know there is a spider in the house...I know for a fact they do walk over you at night and the thought of it makes me all hot and sweaty....I cannot hoover them up or put a glass over them ect as I cannot physically get that close...even down a long tube. yuck!!....But just dont know the answer of keeping them out...even closed windows and doors dont seem to work.... do they really come up the kitchen and bathroom pipes.?
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