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How to keep spiders out

Seal off your home

Spiders will exploit little cracks and gaps which can open up around your doors and windows, so fill them in where you can. You can also spray pesticide in these areas to deter creepy crawlies.

Buy some vinegar

Plus citrus, eucalyptus and peppermint, as it's believed spiders don’t like any of these smells. You can peel lemons and oranges and leave the peel in places where spiders might like to hide to put them off, but replace it regularly as the aroma won’t last forever.

Get the hoover out

Leaving leftover food around can attract insects and they in turn are a calling card for spiders.

Make sure you also look out for any spider webs or egg sacs (they will be shaped like a ball and contained in the web) and vacuum them up too.

Spiders tend to like dark, hidden away locations so get the tip of the vacuum into all the nooks and crannies and behind the sofa and furniture.

Change your furniture

Spiders are believed to hate the smell of cedar wood - and a cheaper option is to buy blocks of cedar wood and place them at locations where spiders might be likely to enter.

Do YOU have any helpful hints

Spiders are ok in a house. They are great cleaners and in summer, eat flies. Except for allergic people, they are not dangerous.

Piling wrote:Spiders are ok in a house. They are great cleaners and in summer, eat flies. Except for allergic people, they are not dangerous.

Some parts of the UK we have FAKE WIDOWS that are dangerous but seldom killers

I do not kill spiders because, as you so rightly say, "They are great cleaners and in summer, eat flies"

But I do NOT want lots of large gentlemen spiders wandering round my home looking for sex