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Nelliemoser Sun 28-Aug-16 23:07:50

You should see my porch! It's full of spiders, spiders nests and cobwebs. Time I did some porch cleaning instead of rounding up all those horrible orange spanish slugs.

Maranta Sun 28-Aug-16 22:54:41

I often find snails on my car! They live in the garage roof which is all covered with creeper and moss. Some have stayed with me for miles. ? ? ?

SueDonim Sun 28-Aug-16 22:39:20

I had a wasp on the bonnet of my car this morning. I didn't notice until I had set out and it sat there for at least five miles before being blown away! grin

In other news, dh noticed that next door's hedge was festooned from top to bottom with spider webs this morning. :paranoid:

M0nica Sun 28-Aug-16 21:14:20

Yes, the spider season is here, all over the car, especially the windows and I keep walking into threads of webs spun across doors in the house. Usually within hours of doing the cleaning.

Indinana Sun 28-Aug-16 13:40:52

The thing is, it doesn't how often the webs are brushed off because the darn spider just crawls back inside the wing mirror and then comes out and rebuilds when it's safe. Flushing them out with a hose doesn't seem to work and I definitely don't want to use insecticide because they're not doing any harm.
I think I might just have to learn to love them grin

ninathenana Sun 28-Aug-16 13:31:08

When you find out please tell me grin
I have a little blighter that's been ensconced for weeks.

tanith Sun 28-Aug-16 13:31:03

Also in the back window wiper which hasn't been used much this Summer..

tanith Sun 28-Aug-16 13:30:15

Oh my tell me about it, the wing mirrors on both of our cars are always a fest of spider web I brush it off all the time but they always come back I keep meaning to buy some spray to try and get rid of the little devils..

Indinana Sun 28-Aug-16 13:21:18

... car wing mirrors as a site for spiders to spin their webs? Do they just enjoy watching themselves in the mirror while they work? grin

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