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Is spider season over?

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EricNorthmansMistress · 27/09/2011 13:57

I haven't seen any in a couple of weeks

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electra · 29/09/2011 21:16

And yes, why are they coming in when it's so hot??

HairyToe · 29/09/2011 21:17

I like spiders, hate flies , what's so bad about spiders anyway?

boohoobabywho · 29/09/2011 22:19

if you want to banish the spiders from your home, put conkers in the corner of the room.

Mad but it works!

fit2drop · 30/09/2011 00:11

So lots of dust, conkers and spider-stop spray , a glass some card and a vacuum cleaner. oh and an encyclopedia for emergencies Confused

Freaking hell , its easier to keep vampires away

2rebecca · 30/09/2011 00:13

We had a 2cm one in the bedroom 2 nights ago and bloke has just removed a huge one that was on its way into the bedroom. He bravely did it with card and glass as he's as wary of them as me

thepanamacanal · 30/09/2011 00:40

I've just killed a massive one belting across my front room, it wasn't big enough to fit under a jam jar (!) so it got a couple of legs trapped and pulled them off as it tried to run away.....vom vom vom Confused i am so horrified that it will have to stay there til bloke comes back tomorrow. Oh god. Nightmares guaranteed.

BerylStreep · 30/09/2011 21:51

I quite like the fact that they eat flies and wasps. Would never kill one. Doesn't mean I actually like them though.

lovemysleep · 30/09/2011 22:13

I have spent the last 4 weeks sat in the living room, with the big lights on, as I just can't relax with my usual lovely soft lighting......my spider sensors are on full alert!

They pretty much consistently come in and promptly get sucked up the hoover if DH is working away.

I feel like I've spent night after night, checking out each room as I enter it, to make sure none are about. I don't like having my windows open at night at this time of year, but because it's so bloody hot, I have no option - eekkk!

I am 39 wks pg, and hope to have a homebirth - having visions of the evil bastards scuttling across the floor and giving me a fright mid-contraction - maybe this will cure my phobia!

Newly fitted brown wooden floor has made spotting them much harder aswell...

Truly hate them - they are vile and I don't care if they eat flies/wasps - they are just wrong, wrong, wrong....

Am now itchy and even more anxious than usual - what a woose Smile

Toffeefudgecake · 02/10/2011 05:11

Have just ordered this. Will report back here if it works.

Conkers don't work. I have placed several by the front door, but found a large spider sitting right next to one the other morning.

PerryCombover · 02/10/2011 05:14

I am up because a giant spider walked over my head in my sleep

H thankfully killed it bu we were amazed by it and now I'm WIDE AWAKE

Petisa · 02/10/2011 15:02

There was practically a tarantula running across my kitchen floor last night - I pur a pint glass over it to get it outside and it nearly got its legs caught they were so long

giveitago · 02/10/2011 18:20

Justine - think the conkers thing might be the other way around - I collected LOADS of conkers- have plates of them around our home and I have 7 massive spiders in as many days. I think they might be ATTRACTED BY THEM.

Hate the buggers - I'm really upset with this hot weather. The spiders were just starting to disappear and then I'm wondering with the hot weather again I'll get them back again when it starts to cool down.

cakewench40 · 07/09/2014 09:59

Urgh i cant function properly from august until november....i cant even look at a photo...im on my 3rd hypnotherapy thing hopefully after a few more i will at least be able to look one it its eyes before i murder it put it outside forcefully ... the 2 that were frollicking on my lounge curtains the other day drove me to call a friend out after midnight to murder them..of course they had hidden before she arrived... stripped my sofas of their covers etc one was hiding inside my sofa...the other was at large for a day...so i stayed elsewhere until it appeared from under my cooker !! ....ive tried conkers sprays plug ins all sorts...now i pray this hypnotherapy shiz works and turns me into spider warrior type broad !!!!! And squash the shit out them move them.on peacefully.....

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