why so many spiders?

[INQUISITOR63]

Why is it that every time we get round to early Autumn/Sept there seems to be an overabundance of Spiders everywhere --espcially in the house?
Seem to be forever bumping into small webs made by small spiders ( corners of windows are covered in them) and watching monster spiders chase across the floor in front of the telly.
This is a phenomenon which is most common at this time of the year. Does anybody know WHY ?

[carlton23]

If you have Virgin Media Homepage zoom down to the bottom of the page and read the Science and Nature feature

[ummmm]

Boxy...is 'flies' an Euphemism?

[Andyvon]

The thing with big spiders is that, although you occasionally see one walking across the floor or up the wall, you can be pretty sure there are plenty of more around you can't see! Ohhhhh.......! Where are they then?

[INQUISITOR63]

All your answers were interesting. But a word of advice --- dont stay up all night watching one climb up the wall and ceiling waiting till you fall asleep with your mouth open. ZAP IT immediately. and you know the best way to do this ? --- with a toilet brush.!! Yes really ! one quick strike and youve spiked it, captured it and then flush it down the toilet. No mess, no worries and it looks like it never happened. Job done.
Now -- go back to sleep and think ...of all the tiny bedbugs living .....Underneath You !!!!!!

[INQUISITOR63]

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[andy-hughes]

It's a shame to kill spiders.

Remember, given a choice, they will avoid you - so any notion that a spider is waiting to fall on you is just that - a notion. Spiders are far too clever to 'fall' anywhere. they travel sround doing what they do, and will always move in the opposite direction from any human activity.

The only place you will find them regularly is in the bath or basin - they walk around, slide in, and can't get out - they do NOT come up the plug-hole. Apart from the fact that there is an 'S' bend full of water that they couldn't get past, spiders are far too clean to go anywhere near a smelly wet dark drain pipe.

If you don't want to kill a spider trapped here, drape a towel over with the edge on the floor of the bath or basin, and the other end hanging down - it will climb out and go on its merry way.

[Prudie]

Unfortunately advice about 'why don't you like spiders' to people like me who are absolutely terrified of them is like telling people who are scared of mice or the dark not to be so daft. Pointless and not very sympathetic.
I happen to unusually be alone for the night tonight and I'm spending every minute looking out of the corner of my eye and am genuinely stressed that one will appear while I'm alone.

[Prudie]

whoops - split infinitive lol

[boxtops]

Fair dos Prudie, no lack of sympathy intended, sorry if it was taken that way - I guess it's the same for me as I don't like heights, makes no sense to people who don't mind them. I still don't understand people killing spiders, they won't harm you if you don't harm them, and they do a lot of good in the garden.

[Prudie]

I don't touch them or mind them in the garden boxy, they are everywhere at the moment. One managed to make a perfect web in the middle of a thread stretching from one fence right across the garden to the other! It's the house ones - I am literally moved to tears with the horror of them. Can't overcome it.