Anyone else having the heeby-jeebies at the thought of Autumn and the seasonal arrival ...

[HuwEdwards]

in the house of big, eff-off hairy-legged, steel toed, hairy arachnids?

Have:-

1. Dog who will eat them
2. Electronic thingy meant to give off spider abuse
3. Liberally sprinkled conkers that aforementioned dog keeps eating.

Have I missed any deterrents?

You need a cat. Drogba the killer kit has been known to leap several feet into the air from a sitting position to get a moth. It's very amusing!

She who is small, sleek, black, dainty and butter-wouldn't-melt looking chases and eats spiders whilst my big ginger boy looks on with dopey unenthusiatic approval.

Or you could ask me to move in. I have no fear of spiders and happily pick them up to put out of the nearest window.

Don't ask me to have a blood test or get on a boat though...

How about one of those plunger thingies so you can remove the spiders without touching them?

ewwwwww hate spiders- my garden seems to have been over taken by them, and they are starting to come into the house. am desperately trying to stay calm and not run and shreik when I see them as I have spent all summer persuading dd that bugs are not going to hurt her!

Conkers - fill your house with them. Not sure if it is really true, but unlikely to harm... allegedly spiders don't like them

oh Val, forgot to mention, have spider hoover too - only if DP is away, DD(9) has to do it!