Spiders in a house

Georgiegirl256

London50 wrote: »

If you read my response to this {post23} you MAY see why I asked. It was NOT to say that I have ever thought that people that have spiders in their homes were in any way dirty or have an unclean house. I thought it was a fair question to ask and as by the replies on here so far everyone seems to agree with my thoughts.
Over the years I have been a member of this website I have read far worse questions being asked.

I did read that response (admitedly after I'd posted), however I still think it's a weird question. That if course is just my opinion.

It's maybe just because I'd never considered it before? If I saw a house covered in cobwebs then I might think it was unclean, but not because I saw a spider without the cobwebs. I think it's the way it was worded that made me think it was weird. I fail to see how anyone would see a spider or two and think "Ewww unclean house!"

London50

Well at least I have had a reaction to my question:0) and yes perhaps I could have worded the question in a better way. IMO any home plagued with rats {and yes I know they say where ever you are you will be within 6 FT of a rat, I just wonder regarding the space station but that could be a whole new set of questions for me to ask in the future;0)}I would say is unclean but I asked and have had the replies I expected so thank you to the people that took my question just on face value and with some gave me a good laugh :0)

hamsterfan1

we haven't had any house spiders in the 12 years we've lived in this house - probably because it's always cold - even in the height of summer.

There was someone on the radio the other day who sais they are not bigger than usual just fatter, and they don't spin webs.

I'm scared of spiders but DD is so phobic she fainted when she saw a picture of one

London50

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

You get spiders because of what's outside your house, not within it.

E.g. if you're in a rural setting, have plants on or very near the house, have a thatched roof etc, you get spiders.

I live in a block of flats in London with no greenery {trees,bushes, grass ect} for at least 40/50 yards in all directions along with a main road curving round 3/4 of the block and a "c" road {if that is what it is called and we still get them in our flat. Still in the run up to Christmas I let them spin the webs in the corners, spray them silver or gold and save a fortune on Christmas decorations ;0)

SailorSam

Something i've always wondered about spiders. I'd be interested if anyone knows the answer.
You know when you're sitting in the lounge reading or watching Tv and you see out of the corner of your eye a spider running across the room. Why, the moment you look at it, does the spider stop. You haven't moved you've just looked. But the spider stops. How does it know you've looked at it ?

Robisere

SailorSam wrote: »

Something i've always wondered about spiders. I'd be interested if anyone knows the answer.
You know when you're sitting in the lounge reading or watching Tv and you see out of the corner of your eye a spider running across the room. Why, the moment you look at it, does the spider stop. You haven't moved you've just looked. But the spider stops. How does it know you've looked at it ?

WOW! Telepathic spiders!:eek:

Seriously, you will have unknowingly made a very slight movement and that is what they are sensitive to. They have EIGHT eyes around their heads and their vision is super-sensitive to movement. The "freeze" they do, is an inherited, genetic response. Move again, more obviously, and watch them run!

My missus does not like them, but just asks me to eject them, which I do. As has been said, they come back, She squirms a little when I pick them up by a leg and carry them out, though. what actually terrifies her is a frog or toad, I learned that many years ago when she screamed from the garden. I was outside in a rush, thought she was being attacked, but it was just a tiny frog which I picked up and took to next door's pond. Last month there was one of these confrontations, a scream from the garden. My son and grandchildren were at our house; ds looked at me and we said "FROG!" in unison, then burst into laughter when we found her staring at a toad. I scooped it up on a shovel and took it down to the stream down the road.

White-as-Snow

I've always hated spiders but tried not to pass that on to my kids so I taught them that the spiders were there to protect our house and look after us. They love naming them and setting them up a cardboard box house.
Definitely would not think twice about a persons cleanliness if I saw a spider-I think that its a fact of life that spiders find their way into your home.

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JIL

My bathroom is cleaned regularly but most mornings there is a spider in the bath. It cannot be the same one as I drop them off in the woods on the way to work.

seven-day-weekend

We have two large resident spiders who use our stairs as their hunting ground

When we lived in Spain we also had geckos in the house, they would scuttle up the wall. These too eat insects and are welcome house guests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_house_gecko

Nothing to do with cleanliness.

AnnieO1234

When we had our garden landscaped (new build plot that although cleared became a jungle before we got it sorted) we ended up with at least half a dozen of the beasts in every room every day.

I mentioned it to a US friend who told me how their homes are fumigated and was shocked that we don't do that over here. I started looking for spider poisons and found out that the Raid stuff in a red can (think it's branded as ant killer) also kills spiders. You can hit them directly or treat door frames etc once a month. You will not have a spider problem for long.

I know some people will think it's cruel or whatever but there's absolutely no way I want them to bite my little ones.

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