Spider Population Explosion?

[Narj]

Is it me or is there a massive increase in spider numbers in the last month? I've evicted at least a dozen from the house in the past few days.

Normally I'm not bothered but lots of them are the things with massive long spindly legs and a tiny body which creeps me out. The little scuttling fellas or the reasonably sized house spiders I tend to leave be.

 

[Mr Badger]

Kill. It. With. Fire.

 

[Doogles]

I've seen some but spiders are the least of my worries, a wasp nest isn't that far from my window so I have to watch out for those buggers more than anything.

 

[Narj]

I've seen some but spiders are the least of my worries, a wasp nest isn't that far from my window so I have to watch out for those buggers more than anything.

See the post above yours.

 

[XeNoN89]

Happens every year. Always peaks in September aka spider month!

 

[Captain]

Never kill them, pick them up and put them outside.

It annoys me when people kill house spiders, they are harmless.

 

[Clum]

Two of the big bad house spiders on my bed in the last week. Nothing freaks me out like those things. In NZ I have potentially flesh rotting white tails in the house frequently and even they dont bother me as much as seeing a big dark shadow scuttling across the duvet at night over here.

 

[Bassmansam]

Kill it with igni.

 

[Sasahara]

Given there could be around forty trillion spiders in the UK it's hard to keep track.

 

[HungryHippos]

The house I am in now has a lot more windows than my old one, and has more of the house at ground level too.

My last house was a story up (flat over garages) which meant I didn't see too many spiders.

I have definitely seen quite a few more spiders than usual recently.

I have a rule, no spiders in the house, I boot them out if I find them

 

[Doogles]

See the post above yours.

Got some wasp killer, I would like to fire it but I'll probably set the house on fire. My issue with spiders is when I'm sleeping, imagine having one of those crawl into ya mouth

 

[dbmzk1]

Been a pretty spider free year so far, only had a few inside.

 

[Rroff]

Happens every year. Always peaks in September aka spider month!

This - though I think with the weather we've been having lately its kind of thrown them off a bit.

 

[Sliver]

Nuke from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Derek W]

Never kill them, pick them up and put them outside.

It annoys me when people kill house spiders, they are harmless.

I was watching a repeat of QI the other week and Stephen Fry asked where the natural habitat of a house spider was, Alan Davis buzzes in and says the house......which was correct. Fry then said if you chuck them outside, they will die

 

[Armageus]

Normally I'm not bothered but lots of them are the things with massive long spindly legs and a tiny body which creeps me out. The little scuttling fellas or the reasonably sized house spiders I tend to leave be.

If you're on about Cellar Spiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae then you're doing it wrong - leave them be and they will take care of house spiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria as they are a natural predator of them.

 

[russell664]

Never kill them, pick them up and put them outside.

It annoys me when people kill house spiders, they are harmless.

But, when you are a fairy like me?? I hate the bloody things.

 

[Narj]

But, when you are a fairy like me?? I hate the bloody things.

Beer glass and a bit of paper. Hardly any spiders will try and bite you in the UK and even if they did the majority won't pierce the skin.

I can honestly say I've never been bitten and I've handled more than I've had hot dinners.

 

[malachi]

Never kill them, pick them up and put them outside.

It annoys me when people kill house spiders, they are harmless.

Tell that to the False Widows!

 

[Django x2]

Happens every year. Always peaks in September aka spider month!

That's October...but you made a bold effort.