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How can I stop spiders crawling on me while I sleep

67 replies

TheOpalFox · 07/07/2026 01:45

Wtf! I just woke up to a spider crawling across my face!!!!! Yes it was small but my goodness me
😞
Can I do anything to prevent this from happening 😤😤😤😤😤

OP posts:
Weeellokthen · 07/07/2026 08:09

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 07/07/2026 01:49

Get a cat.

Nah, this won"t always work. The pampered cat doesn't always have hunting instincts and would be happy just being a spectator 😂

dancingdeidre · 07/07/2026 08:11

Dadalus · 07/07/2026 08:04

Thats the beauty of it. It's like 2 magnets repelling eeach other.
Probably.

Worth a try anyway.
Cats enjoy chasing spiders so that could work too.
TBH it would freak me out and I would be straight off to the mosquito net emporium.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 07/07/2026 08:12

I've just Googled: would a scorpion fight a spider? The results are fascinating. 🤔

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 07/07/2026 08:14

Leave your washing on the line overnight so they go and dark on it instead and rub their spider willies all over your decoy clothes.

EwwStew · 07/07/2026 08:17

RunningOnCaffeineAndChaos · 07/07/2026 07:48

Set your house on fire and move to Antarctic as there are apparently no spiders there, No idea if this is true mind you, but surely it’s worth a shot?

No, no, I saw a Why Files that says there are giant alien spiders in the Antarctic that can take out whole patrols of armed soldiers.

Nowhere is safe...

RunningOnCaffeineAndChaos · 07/07/2026 08:27

EwwStew · 07/07/2026 08:17

No, no, I saw a Why Files that says there are giant alien spiders in the Antarctic that can take out whole patrols of armed soldiers.

Nowhere is safe...

What fresh hell are those things? 😱 Sorry OP as well as your house you’ll have to set yourself on fire too! I did try 🤣

EwwStew · 07/07/2026 08:33

RunningOnCaffeineAndChaos · 07/07/2026 08:27

What fresh hell are those things? 😱 Sorry OP as well as your house you’ll have to set yourself on fire too! I did try 🤣

Ice spiders...

MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 07/07/2026 08:35

I woke up to a squashed spider on my pillow - it wasn't a small one Confused

makes me wonder if there's some nightmarish version of Toy Story going on as soon as you're asleep/out of the room involving spiders, flies, wasps, bees, moths .... any other type of creepy crawlie, which involves as much willy-wiping as possible on your pillow. Grin

wishingonastar101 · 07/07/2026 08:40

Spiders are good! They eat the mosquitos.

EBearhug · 07/07/2026 12:56

I don't know if scorpions would fight, but I once had two different spiders in the bath. Decided to deal with it when I came home from work.

Came back to one spider and a leg.

ToadRage · 07/07/2026 13:34

DoAWheelie · 07/07/2026 02:06

This can backfire!

I'm terrified of spiders so when I saw my new kitten eat one, I quickly started holding him up towards any future spiders to dispose of them. Then one night I woke up to a fat kitten landing on my face with all his claws out. I ended up in A&E getting treated for a scratch on my eyeball. He'd spotted a spider high on the wall above my pillow and tried his best to do his job.

He's still a spider eater now at 13 years old. Luckily his sister is a very accomplished fly hunter.

My current cat likes to chase them but let's them go. My previous cat loved them, he would chomp any he could get his paws on and then look at me all proud of himself as if to say 'I rescued Mummy from the eight-legged monster!'

Elsvieta · 07/07/2026 13:38

AlgaeDreams · 07/07/2026 03:02

Ensure the bed is positioned centrally in the room, a safe distance from all walls. Bed must be a frame of 4 thin legs and bedding should never touch the floor. Consider a mosquito type net that adheres to all rules mentioned.

Before getting into bed, perform a fingertip search until suitably terrified. Squeeze eyes shut. Pray regardless of any belief.

It's not foolproof, but you'll have a fighting chance.

This. And each leg of bed stands in a bowl of water.

Or try peppermint.

Belladog1 · 07/07/2026 13:49

Mumtobabyhavoc · 07/07/2026 05:08

Sticky traps along skirting boards and under beds and screens on windows in addition to setting your bed in the middle of a fire ring.

I literally spat my coffee out.

Ormally · 07/07/2026 13:49

Weeellokthen · 07/07/2026 08:09

Nah, this won"t always work. The pampered cat doesn't always have hunting instincts and would be happy just being a spectator 😂

Oh yes. They like to watch.

JHound · 07/07/2026 13:49

You can’t.

Belladog1 · 07/07/2026 13:52

EBearhug · 07/07/2026 12:56

I don't know if scorpions would fight, but I once had two different spiders in the bath. Decided to deal with it when I came home from work.

Came back to one spider and a leg.

Hilarious 😂

Ormally · 07/07/2026 13:52

AlgaeDreams · 07/07/2026 03:02

Ensure the bed is positioned centrally in the room, a safe distance from all walls. Bed must be a frame of 4 thin legs and bedding should never touch the floor. Consider a mosquito type net that adheres to all rules mentioned.

Before getting into bed, perform a fingertip search until suitably terrified. Squeeze eyes shut. Pray regardless of any belief.

It's not foolproof, but you'll have a fighting chance.

Well, if you also have a pet fur grade vac plugged in and ready to sweep the full under-bed area each time before you get into bed, you do.
There has been more than 1 time DH has leaned over to put the bedside light off, dark happens, and then in a split second the light's back on with a "Holy shit, look at that one" as he spots an arachnid on the carpet in his sleepy peripheral vision.

Cosimarocks · 07/07/2026 13:56

Under water in a diving suit.

Clingfilm wrap.

A box.

Sealed panic room.

Move to the South Pole.

Emmasblackboard · 07/07/2026 13:58

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 07/07/2026 01:49

Get a cat.

As long as you’re ok with slugs 🤣
My mum looked after my sister’s long-haired cat who liked to curl up above DM’s head on the pillow. One morning my mum woke up with a slug on her cheek 🤢

MajorSamanthaCarter · 07/07/2026 14:20

Buy a lottery ticket ASAP. We had an old neighbour who won a lot of money after waking up with a spider on her face, she swore the two things were connected.

BooseysMom · 07/07/2026 14:40

We have a divan bed and I'm always worried they climb up during the night. I did wake to feel one crawling across my face too, but it was a tiny harmless one so I didn't freak out. It's the big ones with long legs that are the worse. I swear they circle the perimeter of the bedroom when the light goes out! In the autumn it's hell in here. One night I didn't realise the sleeve of my dressing gown was touching the floor of the bedroom and when I put it on in the morning, I looked down and there was only a massive brown spider sat on the arm!! I don't know how I survived that tbh

Pollyanna87 · 07/07/2026 14:43

Sorry, but I’d just burn the house down if that happened to me.

Gettingbysomehow · 07/07/2026 15:09

My kitten eats all the spiders in my house.

basiically · 07/07/2026 15:14

I put mesh in all windows wish i had done it years ago.

OriginalSkang · 07/07/2026 15:16

Someone I used to know years ago used to sleep in a mosquito net because of this

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