How do you feel about spiders?

At this point I have not seen any in my house. I have certain things I have mentioned already that I do, plus before we moved in I used foggers on both sides of the duplex.

@GardenGerty I need to apparently get something for ants

No, my sister loved it though.

@sallypup I know she watched it several times.

@GardenGerty Its a good movie cause it is many layered. The jungle shots are just gorgeous. The urban myth part was fascinating. John Goodman was hilarious. All the parts fitting together really made for an unforgettable film.

@GardenGerty We have no venomous species in England so I see no reason to fear a bite.

@Asylum Even spiders that are not venomous can cause a serious would prone to infection. Shoot, if something threatened me, I might bite.

I always hope that they will eat some other creature while out there. As long as I do not see them and they do not bite me I am fine.

@JolietJake You are lucky that you are alive. Not all make it.

@marguicha It sounds as if brown recluse is very common in your area. I am not sure i have ever seen one as I stay far away from most brown spiders for sure. @JolietJake I have heard some pretty scary stories about their bites. I use lavender essential oil in water and spray everywhere in my house. I put diatomaceous earth out as well. Neither one of those are toxic to people or cats.

@marguicha You and Leticia make a good spider killing team. I used a "fogger" before we moved in here.

I used things that repel them to keep them out of my house. I agree that those big ones are really the thing of night mares.

@thesids I buy a product called diatomaceous earth. It is actually the ground up shells of microscopic ancient sea creatures, diatoms. It repels bugs because it will grind the outside off of them and they will dehydrate. It is sometimes added to foods in storage and it will not hurt people or animals. I also use lavender and peppermint oil about ten drops each in water sprayer. I spray it everywhere.. They do not come in. Same for ants. I imagine other herbal oils will repel them. I know citrus is supposed to. I have heard that it confuses the sense of smell, even for mice. I have had more trouble with ants in the past than with anything else.

@GardenGerty What kind of things you tried to repel them? Here, I was told that hanging shells of eggs will keep the lizards and spiders away, but when we tried that way back in 2000 (at my parents), we had too many ants and neither the lizards nor the spiders had any lesser headcount. Then someone said, you should keep cleaning the corners of the ceiling and I remember us doing it at least once a week. But they would still return back. It wasnt until we shifted to another place in 2003 that the number of cobwebs lessened.

Some kinds scare me more than others and I do no know why.

@sueznewz2 For sure. I had a science teacher that kept a tarantula in the class, it got loose, scary.

@GardenGerty house spiders don't scare me...,I just don't want to share my living space with them.... but anything like a tarantula would scare me .....

I am like you but I tend to catch the small ones and put them outside.

@GardenGerty good way of doing. Probably should be doing that instead of killing them.

My younger sister, who generally respected them saw one on her ceiling fan when she was recovering from chemo and pretty weak. She flipped the fan on high, big mistake. He flew off and she did not know where he went. She had nightmares about him.

@GardenGerty ...I don't know if I would be able to sleep in a situation like hers. Of course she may have had some good meds that would help. LOL Ugh! They are so slow and deliberate. Some are huge. Like the show strings we have around here.

@carebear29 I dislike roaches even more, and scorpions and millipedes.

I do not want them around me, but in general they are not the worst pests I have ever seen.

@GardenGerty Yes they are.

I really do not like to kill anything. I usually use a table napkin or paper towel or even a sheet of paper to encourage them to get out.

@GardenGerty I also bring them outside, I do not like to kill anything too.

I understand that house spiders eat pests as well. I find the webs to feel sticky if I run into them though.

Like all of us they have their place. I do not really want them in my regular places but do appreciate them for eating other things.

Those webs certainly feel gross when we run into them.

I have seen friends and co workers do this.

I have had good luck with putting diatomaceous earth around the outside of my house and using lavender essential oil and peppermint essential oil in a water spray. Most bugs dislike those fragrances. Diatomaceous earth polishes off their exoskeleton and they will dehydrate.

I am not quite that bad, but the big ones are very scary. I do everything I can to repel them.

How do you 'coax' a spider?

I think it is a nifty looking gadget, but people who are that scared will not use it either.

I posted and tagged this gadget because I have two friends that become absolutely hysterical and cannot deal with having them in the house at all.