16 August 2023 , 13:14
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You may not be the only one to notice the increase in spiders creeping into your home. Usually, we will start to see the return of spiders for mating season in September, but thanks to our cooler and wetter summer, the beasts have made an earlier arrival than normal.
Looking for females to mate with, house spiders will be found creeping into cupboards and floorboards whilst looking for a dry home for the winter. They also seem to have grown in size, and people have been sharing the ginormous giants appearing earlier than usual, but if like many, they make your skin crawl just thinking about them, you can banish them with this genius 37p spray.
Keeping your house clean and tidy is the best way to spot egg sacs waiting to hatch in the web, they will usually be ball-shaped. So keeping the webs away will deter spiders from wanting to settle if their habitats have gone. Once clean, mixing peppermint oil and water into a spray bottle and spraying all over your home is a good way to keep the eight-legged beats away.
Adding 20 drops of the oil to the water is the most pleasant-smelling remedy, and you can pick a bottle of it up for £3.70 on Amazon. With 20 drops equalling around 1ml, it works out at 37p a spray. As well as peppermint oil, other scents spiders hate are citrus and eucalyptus which can be used as alternatives, again making them into sprays. Orange and lemon peels also work as a temporary fix, but don't last long.
Pest control expert Stuart Halliday also recommends watching any cracks in your home spiders can squeeze through. Checking windows and doors for cracks can keep the crawlies out. He suggested: "Sometimes if you have your windows changed, or if you live in an older property, there can be gaps both on the inside and outside meaning spiders and other insects can get in."
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"You should make sure these are sealed up and then to help keep the spiders out put lemongrass cleaners or oil around windows and doors as they don't like the smell. Also, growing basil, thyme and rosemary on windowsills will keep the pests out and deter wasps, woodlice and other small crawlies."