Getting rid of and detering spiders in the hoouse and garden...

anotherbaldrick

shegirl wrote: »

As do lizards,frogs,ladybirds and birds...all of which I like,don't have 8 legs and up to 8 eyes and don't scare the living daylights out of me:p

Give the ones you see regularly pet names, will make them seem far less threatening, unless that is you are posting from Australia where everything is out to get you.

shegirl

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Give the ones you see regularly pet names, will make them seem far less threatening, unless that is you are posting from Australia where everything is out to get you.

I've just named one Satan...... :rotfl:

Gloomendoom

Have you got a cat?

LandyAndy

shegirl wrote: »

Anyone got any ideas?There are tonnes in the garden and any are sneaking into the kitchen.I HATE spiders with a passion.

Also,any ideas on removing egg sacs?Spotted a couple that I want to get rid of:o

Spiders = lovely, leave them alone.

Egg sacs = use the wiggly things at the end of your arms to grasp them and throw them out. Protect the wiggly things with kitchen roll if you have to.

woodbutcher_2

Let them live i say.

Spiders are amazing creatures and i don't know why people are scared of them.Imagine how scary you look to a spider.

Having said that,any spider that ventures into my house is usually seen off by the dog who doesn't seem to understand that him playing with them by pawing them is going to end up with a dead spider.

I try to repatriate them before the dog gets to them but he is quicker than me.

ormus

http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider/

enjoy.

pinkmami

any spider I see in the house gets a whack with the paper (after I've screamed & had a hissy fit!) & then another whack to unsure its dead. I also use RAID spray on them.

hate them.

shammyjack

My old pal Fred has just come out to see me . He lives in a gap in the skirting board next to the fire place, would get a pic but he is camera shy and not hand tame.

His body is about as big as the top joint of my little finger and his legs span about 3 inches. totally harmless and much less bother than a wife !


shammy

spinningsheep

I too am not a fan of them, stemming from a mother who is truely petrified of them, however, I don't kill them. If they are just moving from A-B, like from under the TV to under the settee, I leave them to it, after all, they eat insects like flies and they spread disease and bacteria. so on balance i'd rather have the spiders! if they are a particularly big one or "residing" somewhere I would rather not have them, I use a piece of card and a tumbler and release them outside. problem solved! They do have a purpose you know, unlike wasps, I don't care what anyone says they are just evil.

Quintus

Get a Basilisk (ref: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets). The spiders will leave the house pronto and not be harmed. Magic!