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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: littleminnie on May 01, 2013, 05:42:58 PM

Title: Conkers
Post by: littleminnie on May 01, 2013, 05:42:58 PM
As anyone heard of putting conkers in the corners of your room to keep the spiders away?
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: CLKD on May 01, 2013, 05:43:45 PM
Yep and it don't work: my spider built a web all over the conker on one windowsill  ;D
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: littleminnie on May 01, 2013, 05:46:36 PM
Maybe that's because you didn't put them on the floor. Lol
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: honeybun on May 01, 2013, 06:12:54 PM
Don't think there is much that will keep spiders out to be honest.

Just whack them.....or buy a spider catcher that sucks them up and they you can drop them outside.

Honeyb
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Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: CLKD on May 01, 2013, 07:17:04 PM
Why put them anywhere?  There's nothing in a conker that a spider won't like  ::)  ......... and I rarely kill spiders unless it was the one in 1991 which looked foreign  :o
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: Taz2 on May 01, 2013, 07:24:51 PM
We sort of covered this last Autumn in this thread http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20315.0.html

I don't think it works by the way - but, then again, I love spiders apart from when they lurk behind the skirting board and rush out to capture one of my silver fish

Taz x
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: pixie on May 01, 2013, 08:38:16 PM
Yikes, not this again! :-X :-X :-X :valkyrie:
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: ariadne on May 01, 2013, 08:38:46 PM
Tried it- didn't work. I can't kill them though. Not their fault I'm scared of them  I have half a coca cola bottle that I use as my spider catcher and I throw them outside. If they are big I have to hold a piece of card on top as I'm sure they could "get me"  ::)

ariadne xx
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: Evenstar on May 01, 2013, 08:44:51 PM
we have a pest repeller here. You plug it into the wall and it lets out an ultra sonic screech which insects hate. Works a treat too :)
Title: Re: Conkers
Post by: CLKD on May 02, 2013, 10:41:02 AM
I have one of those but my stick insects would be upset if I plugged it in  ;)  ::) (which are free to agood home)