Spider experts share tips to remove them from your home

Its's spooky and spider season

Arachnophobia is pretty rife in our nation despite the harmless nature of our eight-legged friends, but people are still keen to rid them of their homes which is fair as, on average, a home can host up to about 40 spiders.

The mating season for spiders begins in early September and lasts until mid-October with male spiders, who never settle down and constantly wander, start to come inside to find a mate.

Tasha Lewis from Living Things said via the Express that "following a cleaning routine helps to keep bugs and insects out."

Meanwhile Nicola, also known as Essex House Dolly, a housekeeping expert, advised: "Keeping on top of your dusting, especially cleaning behind sofas, TV units and corners of your room will help deter spiders from spinning their webs."

Another classic technique is to use chalk to keep out the spiders who dislike the feel of the material.

Nicola recommended: "There is the old wives tale of placing conkers in the corners of your rooms, but personally, I never found this effective.

"On the other hand, a tip I recently learnt was using a piece of chalk and drawing a line on a surface. Spiders do not like the feel of chalk."

Another useful trick is to use essential oils to create a scent-based barrier to against arachnids.

By dabbing a blend of cedarwood, tea tree, citrus, peppermint, lavender, or eucalyptus onto areas where your resident eight-legged friends live, they could be deterred.

And finally, if all these tips and tricks don't work you can try minimise lightning which spiders are drawn to since it also attract their food source, insects.

If you can reduce the food source for your creepy-crawlies, you can reduce the number of spiders entering your home.

You can thank us later.