Life Hack: Cruelty-free ways to keep spiders out of your home this autumn

Here are some of my go-to methods to keep my home spider-free in autumn and winter.

Many house spiders reach maturity by the end of summer and start of autumn and the males are out in force to seek some females to reproduce with. Picture: iStock

It’s that time of year again. It seems like every time I open my phone, I’m confronted with another picture of a massive spider in someone’s home. Between social media and WhatsApp chats, lately people have been sharing unsettling images of the eight-legged creatures that have been cropping up in their homes.

There aren’t really more spiders around than usual: this time of year is the start of their mating season. Many house spiders reach maturity by the end of summer and start of autumn and the males are out in force to seek some females to reproduce with. On top of this, the cooling weather means many more of them will take any opportunity they find to move into our warm and dry homes.