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Spiders. Keep spiders away with these great tips

Don't you just hate spiders in the house? Rid your house of spiders by leaving a cotton ball wet with oil of pennyroyal where spiders are most often seen! You won't see them any more!

Keeping your outside plants away from the house will keep the spiders from crawling up the siding and in the house.

Make sure all your houseplants are kept in well lit areas so that they don't get too damp and then they will not attract spiders.

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Where to buy pennyroyal? Comments By: Deborah Wagner What is pennyroyal? where can you get this oil? TipKing Says: You will just have to ask around or do a search on Google. It all depends on which country you live in   AKA squaw mint, tickweed, stinking balm, mosquito plant. Comments By: Marisa Pennyroyal can also be grown in your garden as a general bug deterrent. You should be aware though that Pennyroyal is a highly toxic oil! It causes internal bleeding and death if ingested as a tea or oil. It can kill if less than a teaspoon is ingested. Pennyroyal also works as a household ant and flea repellent just please use common sense, respect the plant, and be especially cautious if you have children and animals in your home.   Horse Chestnuts - Conkers- Spider away Comments By: Anon Spiders hate Conkers, put them in areas of your home Spiders will not be seen again. Apparently it is the smell..   No More Spiders! Comments By: corinne. Spiders hate Oil of Cloves. Put some oil in shallow dishes in windowsills, they won't come near it!   conkers dont work Comments By: shell i hate spiders and have put conkers all round my home but spiders are still coming in   What's a conker? pennywho? Comments By: Randy so the conkers don't work... and the pennyroyle is just as toxic as bug spray. I'll stick with the spray. They label it properly and they put it in this cool can that srays it at the bugs, maybe thats why they call it "Bug Spray"? It works!   mint extract Comments By: ktkatz Buy some Mint extract and put some on a cotton ball and put it where they are coming in at. if using out side use a few cotton balls and place around the house. Its safe and it works.   Spider shooer Comments By: James Wiley Mothballs. Ithrow them under my house to keep the Black Widows out from under it. And in the cabinets in the garage.   Lemon Pledge Comments By: HampshireSpiderHater I live in hampshire in an old house, and we have the biggest spiders you have ever seen. Honestly, i would say that if you laid 1 out flat it would be the size of an average persons hand, tip of finger to wrist. The worst thing however is that they are not the spindly legged kind, they are the kind with thick legs and bodies, and you can see the front 2 little feeler things. I have heard however that lemon pledge is supposed to work, as they dont like the taste. To be honest though, as ours are so big, the cant get under the doors!   hedge apples Comments By: midwest hedge apples dont work   STOMP STOMP STOMP Comments By: mystory Hey girly girls I sometimes the best way to kill spiders is to SQUISH THEM ok just take a shoe and squish it. You would be suprised it actually works really good.   spider traps Comments By: Mabosa ritchie Use a bag of gleenogs soaked in roleo umpha ,it works well and also stops beep beep gatanfas.   conker spray and conkers! Comments By: fudge i have a spray called no more spiders! it has extract of conkers also clove oil. it works quite well,just spray it round door frames and window sils. plases where spiders get. also put a few conkers in the corners of rooms and on window sils. this will and almost definatly get rid of spiders in your home.   Dr Otto Comments By: Otto i put conkers in too. Loads off them, and still a big spider came in :(