To be scared about the spider season this year

What do you mean rechargeable ? Does it have a sucking function ?

It’s sad that so many people are happy spraying poisons around their houses. Hope you’re not wasting money on organic food or anything ‘natural’!

Spiders and all the other insects are just minding their own business.

We've got a huge spider that comes out into the sitting room when we are watching telly, then disappears again. We've nicknamed it Cotton Eye Joe because there are two things we want to know.

Yes, London - there's a tiny park across from my block of flats and they come from there. Most of the neighbors keep their windows shut to keep them out but these flats get crazily hot if you do that so it's a choice of evils!

Are you in the uk.?

I always leave the house spiders alone, the one's that look like daddy long legs for some reason they don't bother me, infact they're useful as they will hunt out and kill other types of spider.

I do get the one's that frighten the life out of me so I bought a spider catcher, it has soft bristles on the end of a long handle that easily picks up the spider, which I dispose of outside.

You are not being unreasonable. I have problems with wolf spiders - the big ones that don't make webs, they usually come in from outside if its raining and when they're looking for mates. Might be the same ones you're talking about. They run around mainly at floor level as they jump on other insects, but climb to hide/rest. I got bitten twice last summer and although the bites aren't poisonous I had a really bad reaction and ended up with painful cellulitis and weeks of antibiotics - they carry lots of bacteria. I kill every one I see immediately now with cockroach spray. I used the spray I have in for silverfish around all the windows and that really helped.

I bought my peppermint spray off Amazon. I spray it round all the seals and entrances to doors and windows. It's horrible and every night I look up around the 4 walls of my bedroom before I turn the light off. I got a fantastic rechargeable spider catcher also from Amazon. It's a long see through tube and the first time I saw a big spider it took a lot of 'courage' to go up to it and suck it up in the tube. I get quite a few spiders and wouldn't be without this catcher now.

There was a beefy one in our kitchen sink this morning - felt like I should have offered him a coffee.

I put conkers in the corners of my rooms which seems to help.

YABU I cannot condone spider genocide!!

I do sympathise with your fear.
However, spiders in the UK won't hurt you and they eat a lot of bugs. I happily coexist with them in my house, I don't kill them.
My children are sometimes scared of them but I have a special " spider voice" I use and pretend that the spider is scared of them. " Mummy, I saw a child! Oh it was hideous! It only had two legs! And it moved smoothly" etc.

I live in a new build (Scotland) and I always get some big buggers in SS, always dread this time of year 😱.
You are not alone in your fear

Omg I love cats deeply but that is fucking gross. Slightly better than finding a living one but so much more sinister.

My best tip is to close all the windows before it starts to get dark, August to November. I started early this year because I've seen a couple already. So at the moment I'm closing them about 8.30pm. We did that last year and saw only 1-2 spiders the whole season. They are most active in the dark and that seems to stop them coming in.

No, they're the spindly, thin legged type. I would paste a photo of them but don't know if the OP would want a photo of a spider on her thread!

If house spiders couldnt survive outside then new builds would be completely spider free.

OP, I hate this season too.
a couple of years back I bought this spray (hope picture has worked). Whether or not it was just coincidence I don’t know but never had an issue since.

it’s safe to use, doesn’t harm them and I’ve used it all around and on my bed. The reason I focus on my bed is because that’s where the buggers seem to get me. Running across my face and what not. I don’t really have a problem with letting them be in other parts of the house, I just had to find a way to stop them going on me in bed.

Ugh that’s awful OP, I get ones as big as that too in my house. I recommend a cat, and a cordless vacuum with an extendable nozzle/stick thing. My cat will either eat the spiders, or play with them long enough for me to hoover them up. Or the cat is helpful in showing me where the spiders have run off too so I can then hoover them when I otherwise would have lost sight of them. Keep the cordless vacuum plugged in charging in the easiest room in your house to get to. Saves so much time that going to find the corded hoover, drag it round, plug it in etc. Good luck!

You really think we can help it?
this is so incredibly ignorant.
im a therapist who treats phobias too. They can be debilitating.

I’m sure it’s to do with the location rather than the house. I live in an old house and don’t see half as many as my brother who lives in a modern house but his garden backs onto loads of big trees. They get some fricking monstrous ones.

We do this too. I've not seen a massive spider since we started to do this!

A friend was saying this the other day, but I presume that house spiders evolved before houses were a thing. So I reckon they are fine outside. In my view the link shows the best kind of bug catcher and actually has lessened my fear of spiders, as i know i can control the situation. Not wishing to minimise others' horrible experiences, they are true and valid . But over my life time I have noticed how many fewer insects( I know spiders are not insects) there are now and that is also a worry to me, in fact it's overtaken my fear of these companions on our planet. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366455557615?_skw=bug+catcher&itmmeta=01KXWK7EPBH1Q10T0STWQE0TAT&hash=item5552740def:g:vNMAAeSw80RqIaT9&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0DKQclQvzFwZQpmMrsO4LurCQrXcBRz0Z8FqdQ18AOeR76yDLe9HLUk6akm%2BNHH6zUHDGsx%2FBzKtEN98BDO24DFAouqP%2FlrOYG4NTfcKXg%2FeDWuS5JiJZZpXH5N0H5S6%2BUesB38uMZn0KtWAxcz5zc374Azd%2BY2X9df%2FevBcYQFmCLIb7fbcXq29PMhPNOz7BgopZpHEsaoMWFOtVl%2FuHBf6OF03Kg1SFBUyPyRcH85RhpQb%2Bd3rWgB46tCcspr8uwPleviP5A9Rg4FbdnnSahU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR67rnZPvZw&var=636201844202

I completely sympathise with you OP.
To all the sanctimonious people saying they gently pick up spiders and take them outside - they're called GHS because they live in houses. They can't survive outside. It's probably kinder to spray them with poison, much quicker death.

I have a phobia (not spiders) and a short session with a hypnotherapist and boom - gone..it really was amazing.

3 of my family are phobic about spiders. I am the spider catcher. What's interesting to me is I don't even see them. I think you and my family members must be finely attuned to them.