To ask how to get rid of house spiders?

[Davincisvault]

I mean the massive ones that come in from now til end of Oct/ Nov.

Honestly the fear is quite honestly taking over my life I’ll probably have to seek some sort of hypnotherapy but has anyone successfully managed to rid their house of them? I know people say about those plug in things but then often other people say they’re useless.

I have been using Indorex the last couple of years. Last Year I thought I’d conquered them as I only saw 1! Moved house since then and sprayed the whole house, window sills etc about a week ago but since then have seen 3. I just want something that works!

I put one of the massive house spiders outside one time (upside down glass and card) only to watch it do a u-turn and come back in through an air vent. Sure it picked up its suitcase along the way...

I've recently read cellar spiders (tiny round body, long very thin legs) will trap and eat them.

I pointed one out to my dad on his landing - he thought it was a joke one that I'd placed there, it was that big. A pint glass didn't cover its leg span.

I have 2 cats. They just sit and stare at them 🤦🏼‍♀️

I’m really interested to know if the big spiders are as common if you live by the sea. I’ve just spent a few days in a very old property on the Kent coast and didn’t see any signs of spiders at all. This may be just lucky but it got me wondering if they are less common due to there being less fields nearby and the surroundings being quite different to inland.

So, if you live by the sea do you find they are much less common or not?

Lurcher, my childhood home was horrific. We must have had an infestation. Looking back I think it was cruel why my dp didn't do more to get rid of them. We had a sunroom packed with large plants, huge trees all around the house, a chimney... It was awful. They were on backs of sofas, on curtains, carpets, in beds!!

I’m growing more and more fond of my spider housemates. Especially the badass cellar spiders.
I’ve slowed down on hoovering the ceilings. Would previously go all around the edge of a room, but I’m now doing one wall/ ceiling edge at a time. I figure that some of the webs are old and dusty, but actually we need to keep some in place?
I was really annoyed today, when I hoovered up a cellar spider from the kitchen. Bet that’s prime hunting ground for them.
Fed up of midge/ mosquito/ buzzy thing bites every time I go outside, through leggings, making my legs swell up. Enjoying my new found appreciation for spiders.

I’ve slowed down on hoovering the ceilings.

I'll just add "hoover ceilings" to the list of chores I've never done and didn't realise I was supposed to

I grew up with horses, so spiders in the stables and house were just part of life. I wouldn't pick a big one up with bare hands but don't see the little ones as any different from an ant for example (though not keen on big flying ants to be honest).

Annoyingly, my daughter has picked up the fear from her best friend. I think it's odd that boys don't seem to have the same phobia. The talk of being 'feminine' has been scoffed at but there are also a lot of posters who rely on their husbands or dads to take care of a big spider so it's definitely a thing.

Therefore, I can only conclude that arachnophobia is is fact another toxic result of the patriarchy.