70mph spider!

Well, the front of our house is surrounded by horse chestnuts and I squash them as I walk to my car - but I still have the windscreen spiders.

I was driving home yesterday and saw a thread running from the door I had opened and closed to get into the car to the wing mirror.

I've heard spiders fobt like the brown chestnuts from horse chestnut trees, the kind we used to play conkets with. Maybe keep dome of those in your car to deter them. ?

Yes, the Wing Mirror spider probably Zygiella x-notata, I have a matching pair too!

ninathenana don't spray! they can keep you company on a long journey.

Yes! They seem to like going for a 'spin' up and down the motorways!

Mine actually spun its web on the motorway while we drove to Norfolk I don't have the heart to spray.

Fly sprayed both my mirrors and the blighters dissapeared...........
for about two days.

Yes, we have one of those. Took it on holiday to Lincoln a few weeks ago. It sat in its Web admiring the view up the M6 but once the rain started, it hid in the corner of the wing mirror.
It is still there even after a visit to Cornwall last week!

Yes, I have them and they can disappear back into their cosy web in the mirror very quickly. Presumably they nip out and catch a fly or two for sustenance.