UK spider season has people 'fighting for life' after warning over wrong way to catch them

Buckle up arachnophobes, because it’s spider season.

Brat Summer is over, and despite the kind attempts of several colleagues here at LADbible Towers to explain it to me I’m still not clear on whatever the f**k that was supposed to be.

Anyhow, summer is done and dusted which means it’s time to switch your duvet out for one with more considerable toggage and prepare to defend your home from eight-legged interlopers looking to crawl into the nooks and crannies of your dwelling.

You might have heard about the ‘sex crazed spiders’ and they’re back again to flex the fact that they’ve got many more legs than you and are probably having more sex in your house than you are.

The amorous arachnids have been enjoying the summer sun outside, but the shift in weather which occurs once we exit the month named for the first Emperor of Rome means they’re scurrying towards shelter, and nobody builds a shelter quite like humans.

“Curses, I keep falling for the same trick!” (Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images)

In general you’re going to start seeing more spiders trying to get into your house as they look for a fine place to raise the children.

A lot of you won’t want this to happen, what with the arachnophobia and all or just not wanting your home to be occupied by anyone other than you.

In that case you’ll have to learn how to catch spiders and drive them in droves from your abode, and definitely not how to do it wrong.

You think a vacuum cleaner will save you? They’ll just crawl out again (Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images)

You might falsely think that technology is your greatest ally in the battle against spider season, but it is not so, attempts to vanquish the spiders with a vacuum cleaner will not kill the creepy crawlies.

Guess what, the spiders can just crawl out of the vacuum cleaner again once you’re done using it and you will have accomplished nothing.

If you’re fighting for your life against hordes of spiders then you should either make friends out of your eight-legged foes to protect against the flies and other buzzing bugs, or you need to think smarter.

To banish the spiders from your home you’ll need a weapon, and that should be a spray bottle filled with water and peppermint oil.

Spray the entryways to your home such as doors and windows with this minty mixture and apparently it’ll convince the spiders to try another hoes.

Spiders apparently don’t like the smell of peppermint, so a spray a day keeps the arachnids away.

Happy hunting!