"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 6/13/2013 7:32 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
Normally I only see house spiders in the autumn when it's breeding season
but atm they are appearing somewhere in the house most days.
So I have big fluffy towel nearby to scoop them up if they are crawling
up
the walls and flap it outside but I swear they are homing spiders.
Boyfie keeps his eye on the floor, and sorts out the ground attack with a
paw pat and a crunch as he eats them.
He will watch for ages if he sees one go under a piece of furniture, it's
sort of like mousing. Wait long enough without moving a muscle and they
think you are gone - but you are not - voila!

I think that with my putting outside strategy and Boyfie's ground attack
there are none left today. Or at least I can't see any...

Tweed


Hopefully your invasion has stopped. I've got some spiders spinning webs
again on either side of the front door. The infusion of peppermint oil
didn't discourage them. Spraying the area with a hose doesn't stop them.
They keep building webs there. There are already egg sacks out there.
(sigh)

Jill

Chestnut oil is supposed to be their least favourite but I'm not about to
pay loadsa money for it from the "don't like spiders? buy chestnut oil from
us" people.
It's supposed to be a good thing if spiders like your house, apparently
means it is free of pollution.
Once upon a time, I was very afraid of them but now I've braved up enough to
get them into a big fluffy towel. It has to be a big towel otherwise I
can't do it. I do not want to harm them just because I have a loathing
which I haven't entirely been able to control.

It does not matter how much I tell myself when faced with a big spider "it
cannot harm you" they freak me out.

Tweed