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Garden full of spiders and webs, how to get rid of..

  • 30-08-2017 06:03PM
    #1
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    My garden has an awful lot of spiders and nests and webs, covering plants , trees etc.

    I have never had this problem ( to this extent, anyway) in any other garden.

    Question is, how to get rid of them. I have a small dog, so need something that won't harm him

    I have heard that conkers around a windowsill will keep them out of the house, not so sure if that would work in the garden.

    Would appreciate any ideas.


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  • #2
    looksee
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    Its spider season, they will go into hiding soon. But why get rid of them, they are busily eating all manner of insects that would be more of a problem to you. I love to see dew or frost on a cobweb in the autumn, they are really amazing structures.


  • #3
    NIMAN
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    You'll not win, no point in trying.

    They are doing no harm, let them be. It's called nature.


  • #4
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    You could get a bird to eat the spiders, then a cat to eat the bird, and, well, you already have a dog, so...


  • #5
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    There just seems to be way more than is normal.
    They have taken over my apple tree completely. So Now I wont even pick the apples.


    I dont wish the spiders any harm, and I do appreciate thats nature. :)


    I'll try to be more tolerant of spiders :o


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    looksee wrote: »
    Its spider season, they will go into hiding soon. But why get rid of them, they are busily eating all manner of insects that would be more of a problem to you. I love to see dew or frost on a cobweb in the autumn, they are really amazing structures.

    Oh they are indeed. I was watching one earlier. A beautiful web, with a spider in it, and a wingless fly. Later on, a wasp landed on web, and the spider raced over to get it, but the wasp got away.

    I felt like David Attenbourough :)


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  • #7
    NIMAN
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    Jake1 wrote: »
    There just seems to be way more than is normal.
    They have taken over my apple tree completely. So Now I wont even pick the apples.


    I dont wish the spiders any harm, and I do appreciate thats nature. :)


    I'll try to be more tolerant of spiders :o


    Time to man (or woman) up. They'll do you no harm.


  • #8
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,306 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Possibly there are more than normal, we get occasional overloads of insects - do you remember the ladybirds of a few years ago? Anyway a long stick and gently sweep around the places where you want to pick apples will get rid of them for a while, without killing the spiders.

    Of course the spiders may be cross enough about their webs that they lie in wait for you as you reach for apples... :D


  • #9
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    looksee wrote: »
    Possibly there are more than normal, we get occasional overloads of insects - do you remember the ladybirds of a few years ago? Anyway a long stick and gently sweep around the places where you want to pick apples will get rid of them for a while, without killing the spiders.

    Of course the spiders may be cross enough about their webs that they lie in wait for you as you reach for apples... :D


    :eek::eek::eek::eek:

    I hate you

    :D


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