spiders' webs

[shazgard]

why are there so many spiders' webs around at this time of year?

[echokilo]

I think they are always there, it's just the dew/drizzle that shows them up more perhaps.

[bigmamma]

Oh I know shazgard , I'm so wary of walking into one too :-(

[weeal]

oh yuk, theres one inside my car and I cant find its owner ! Eek

[sir.knobby]

You got boris again bigmamma as he's left home again.

[bigmamma]

Shudder ........ooo weeal :-O

[weeal]

mamma its been there for almost a year now, every time i smash the web it rebuilds it - totally freaks me out

[bigmamma]

No knobby , Boris isn't at my place , did he take supplie with him , if not he can't have gone far .

[bigmamma]

supplies*

[chrisrob]

Remember to put conkers in your rooms - and in your car, weeal!

[weeal]

Ive heard conkers deter them but cant seem to find any lol

[bigmamma]

Do conkers keep the spiders away chrisrob ?

[chrisrob]

There's a lot of anecdotal evidence about spiders being detered by conkers. It was, apparently, the subject of a lengthy thread on Answer Bank a few years ago. I found it when I googled for evidence of this as I had been thinking of asking the question about it here.

[weeal]

apparently you can buy a spray and its made of Chestnut Oil so that would support that they are repelled by the smell, think you have to pierce the conkers

[chrisrob]

Found the link:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Home-and-Garden /Question145257.html
Sorry it takes ages for me to get this computer to respond at present.

[weeal]

cheers Chrisrob its worth a try eh

[sir.knobby]

Boris eats conkers