Is it spider season again?

[MeinKraft]

We had absolutely loads of those giant spiders in my house in autumn. Then one day they just buggered off and I haven't seen one since. Until today...I have spotted no less than 5 spiders in my house! Not the giant ones but fair sized! Where have they come from? What do they want? Does anyone else have them? How can I get them to go away?

But I thought mating season was autumn! Isn't it? That's when the gigantic ones always get really active here and I was sure it was because they were hot for each other.

I don't want to google it and bring up pictures👀

My Mum tried the conker trick and just found the spiders sitting on them 🤔

See I worry about people who would intentionally cause suffering to another living thing - really quite disgusting. I dislike spiders but catch them on a feather duster and put them outside fgs.

I don't know but I found a massive one on a dress I picked up off the rail at Asda yesterday.

Same here, just caught a huge one (well DH did 😂) Thought it was strange for this time of year

Spiders are very good for the environment, inside or out. We live in a rural place with thatched roofs. Flies in summer can be a problem, so I usually leave the spiders alone.

But if you don’t want spiders in your house, I strongly recommend a spider catcher.

Its a long plastic tube with a handle that has a small battery powered suction thingy. You just point it at spider, wasp, bee etc and the get sucked safely into the tube, and you can let them go outside, to do their good in the world.
The length of the tube is at least a couple of feet long so you can keep your distance at all times.

You can use it to rescue butterflies as well.

We spray repellant at the bottom
of the stairs and around eaves cupboard doors. I think it makes a difference. I used to make my own but you can buy it ready made - just essential oils.

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We also have repellent plug in things but o don’t see how they can actually work.

I don’t see

I got bitten by a bastard spider whilst cleaning the greenhouse the other day.

Actually felt its fangs sink into my finger.

My finger swelled up like a sausage, went completely numb and I couldn't bend it. It was so tight I thought I was going to have to cut it open to release the pressure.

3 days on, it's almost back to normal, but itching to buggery.

Looking forward to being back in the UK with the non-bitey ones.

They don't bother me. I always save them from the bath and my cats 🐈

Me too OP. Have seen 4 in the last week.
We live in Yorkshire for PPs asking

I had a constipation relief moment, this afternoon, when a large hunting spider ran across the pavement, got a bit discombobulated and ran back and forth, toward me and away from me, before scurrying off to the nature strip.

I'm currently mooching around Darwin.

Same here, but was expecting them as we're in the middle of building work. They have been really slow (not like in the autumn), so easy to catch and put outside thank goodness.

There's none in my house They're all in yours....

I whacked the last one I saw with a slipper. I feel a bit guilty about that now, but he was scurrying so fast he'd be gone by the time I'd come back with a glass and card...

I spray my windows and doors with wd40 and then a coat of indorex flea spray.

I am scared but I've worked on it over the years. I think it's because they move fast, which looks creepy. I put a towel over the side of the bath in autumn as they can't get out if they fall in similar to what @Emmamoo89 does. I don't put them outside as they aren't meant to be outside, so down to the utility room they go. DD isn't bothered in the slightest, which is good because they flock to her room for some reason. I've had ones in pj bottoms come scurrying out as I'm putting them on, a massive one in a drawer, one came running out a duvet cover I was putting on a duvet. I try to ignore them. Toddler DC tries to grab them 🤦

We had a huge one in the bath yesterday, it's body was the size of a wasp with huge legs. I rescued it and put it outside and it ran straight back for the door!

I've just caught and expelled some sort of bug, a leaf bug type of thing. I'm assuming it was harmless and not a bedbug....

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The body was about 1.5 cm, biting mouthpart.

My spider catcher doesn't have that suck thing. It has loads of bristles that hug it tightly then I have to run (squealing) to a window to fling the whole thing out. Then I wait an hour and pray it has disentangled itself before bringing the catcher back in. Do you have a link to yours by any chance?

It's this time of year I love to see the cellar spiders in my house;they are deceptive little house spiders munchers and very much welcome in my home.

Oh Holy moly....just why do they think having a magnifier is good marketing???

Best spider catcher with magnifier: Carson HU-10 BugView Bug Catcher

Oh dear I hope it's not a bedbug!

Looking forward to being back in the UK with the non-bitey ones

All spiders bite, but not all have fangs big enough to break the skin. My first spider bite was one of those hug orb ones you tend to see so much in the autumn in the UK. The second was in Australia where I now live, after picking up a terracotta plant pot with the curved top. They like to hide under the edges. It really hurt on the bite and there was a hard white lump on my finger for weeks, but I kept an eye on it for any changes that might warrant a trip to A&E. Nothing happened.

I leave spiders alone, they're good for the planet. It was also regarded as very bad luck to kill a spider where I grew up in the UK. I draw the line at white-tails and redbacks which rather like the underside of garden furniture and if you move them, they come right back.