How do I deter spiders?

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

The most effective thing I can think of, is if you ever see a clutch (or whatever the collective noun is) of spider eggs in the house, don't ignore it, get rid of it. We used to be fairly relaxed about seeing spiders in the house, but found that you just end up with cobwebs and spider eggs all over the place. Make a point of throwing each spider you see outside (I expect they'd die of starvation/dehydration in the house anyway, so you're probably doing them a favour), and get rid of any eggs you see.

[Richard]

Sort of. He found "Fudge" a bit too familiar and now prefers the more formal "Mr"

HTH

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

No, it is my name and I've heard them all.

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[Mr Pounder Esquire]

I've been Mr Pounder here for many more years than you have been Richard here, Dick.

[ARW]

+1.

Although I would just pick it up with my hands and take it outside there are other alternatives to remove it alive that do not involve touching it.

[damduck-egg]

Does if you bash them with the conker.

G.Harman

[David]

However, some of these cellar spiders prey on other spiders. So they may be helping the insects by removing natural predators. I once saw one which had captured a spider so the UK variants can do this.

Oh, and some of them are incredibly tiny (young?) - having inadvertently painted a couple into a wall last week. Too small to show in the paint.

Cheers

Dave R

[Bod]

That's added extra insulation ;-)

[RayL12]

Those house spiders eat the other stuff that eats your house. I leave them to it.

House spiders are quite aware. And, clever too. A test report on a tv program, years back, said; given a maze of three pipes, one of which ends across the room in the glass dome, of some poor creature, showed that, the spider picked the right pipe every time.

[whisky-dave]

Well accoring to this website lemon stops plastic spiders entering the house, there's a video to prove it too ;-0