How to get rid of spiders?

FreeBear

Section62 said:

FreeBear said:

Will occasionally bring spiders in with logs for the fire during the winter months. Cat sees them as tasty little treats to chase after.

...and a lot easier to deal with than the half-dead mice and birds they bring in themselves.

Or the still very much alive mouse that cat brought in the other night. Let it loose for me to chase...

stuart45

That's the advantage of having feral cats. They live outside, kill and eat the vermin outsde. 

strawb_shortcake

twopenny said:

If they were Sparklemuffin spiders would you like them more?

They're vegetarian and dance, the size of a grain of rice but so pretty

If all spiders looked like or as I knew them peacock spiders then arachnophobia would disappear. 

If I could guarantee that a cat would catch spiders, then I'd consider it. Knowing my luck the cat would be scared of spiders too. 

Bizarrely, I don't have an issue with tarantulas, and for one reason or other held these a couple of times, but I'd not go out of way to do it.

andyc1909

pieroabcd said:

Hi,
does anyone know of products that work against spiders?
Spray, powder, anything, as long as they won't come back anymore.

Thanks

To keep them at bay, try a crawling insect as a repellent around the corners of your room. Do it in the daytime when nobody's around with good ventilation.

You can be thorough and take off kitchen kick boards and do the external walls/floor, steps, doors rims, under lintels.

I recently cleaned exterior windows and the little blighters nest sacks were everywhere. Fed up of a face full when I exit the front door as their cords cross the door. After cleaning and repainting I sprayed and will do so every once in a while to keep them off. 

They are welcome most everywhere else just not in attended to places. Be under the floorboards, in walls just stay out of and off my face.

Where I live there are literally loads and loads everywhere. Rural northern Wales...

pieroabcd

Many years ago I tried with a powder but it didn't work at all. To say the truth it was very cheap and broad spectrum, so maybe it's not a surprise.

By the way, today a guy in Italy died  seemingly due the bite of a violin spider.

Chloe_G

Raid crawling insect killer. Sorry but it's either them or me.

Jokool

Try having eucalyptus plants , peppermint/tea-tree, lavender, rose cinnamon or citrus spray to keep them away

Rosa_Damascena

Jokool said:

Try having eucalyptus plants , peppermint/tea-tree, lavender, rose cinnamon or citrus spray to keep them away

None of that works.

I'm no fan of spiders but can tolerate them up to a certain size. The large domestic spiders that come out in late summer strike a particular nerve though, black ones are somehow more scary than brown or grey. I have to admit that if the appearance alarms me I have to get rid rather than co-exist. I cannot be nervous of what lurks round the corner in my own home.

badger09

I read an article this morning suggesting all UK households keep all windows closed, day & night for the next 4 weeks. Apparently it’s peak spider mating season. 

Those you see scurrying around the house are probably males in search of a mate; those which lurk are probably females waiting for the arrival of Mr Right😘. 

Every day’s a school day. 

pieroabcd

Jokool said:

Try having eucalyptus plants , peppermint/tea-tree, lavender, rose cinnamon or citrus spray to keep them away

Those would make even me run away.
For me home must be totally 105% odour/smell/scent free.