How many spiders does an average house have?

Question

I need to know as I am de-spidering tomorrow, they are all going on holiday to the end of my garden.

Answer 1

Depends. The house web in the back of my garden has a mother with 5 baby spiders. She's a bit of a tart though as the baby spiders are black, white and one is mixed race.

However, the spider's web next to my son's bedroom door has only the 1 baby spider. The mother spider calls her betty and she can count all her own feet for such a young age.

Answer 2

3

Answer 3

Depends on variables like hygene, weather, mating season etc. Just pray that the spiders are not Black Widows or Wolf Spiders otherwise de-spidering is more dangerous than being trapped in a cage next to a sleeping tiger for ten minutes in a zoo!

Answer 4

Are there really that many spiders in a house? in there 100s? What do they live on? I thought our house was clean and spider free lol. Maybe the odd one in the summer when the windows are always open.
If there are so many then how come i dont see them?

Answer 5

20

Answer 6

just one of those questions you never want an answer to

my guess is a lot because the estimated number may vary
spiders reproduce and their eggs contain hundreds, maybe thousands of newborns

there's a saying that goes something like "for every roach you see in your house, there's a hundred more you haven't seen" I don't know if it works for spiders too but I never want to find out.

overall, the number of spiders in a house depends on the condition of the house, how the resident treats his/her home, the house's contents, and its location.

but sometimes, knowing the answers to these types of questions may present a negative effect. It may turn people into paranoid freaks who constantly "spring-cleans" their house. Like somebody once said, "some things are better off not known".

Answer 7

Good question... Are you in the UK? If that's the case - it is a lot. I think around 40-50 per room. I just used 2 bottles of non-toxic spray and a bit relaxed. This is why I presume the amount of them (I couldn't believe it myself. My rooms are not that big). I probably had a nest of spiders over the winter and when they got out... Do you know that only one spider can lay up to 1000 eggs at once? Fortunately, not all of it survive.

Answer 8

Not as many as it should have. Spiders 'eat' all the 'bugs' that exist in the environment we as humans have created. No Spider that we have in the UK is a danger to us so whenever I see one I ensure it is safe and lives. Flies, bugs, fleas and 'other' enter our domain not to harm us but to exist, to find food, replicate, rest, watch Eastenders, Coronation Street etc. Whenever you see a spider walking on the ceiling/wall/floor say hello and treat it as a freind. Do not put it into the garden, some great big bird will no doubt see it as as a part of a six couse meal.

Answer 9

My house has none. I keep it that way because I recon that spiders are a waste of DNA. Decorate in plain light colours so that you can spot them (and deal with them before they have a chance to breed). Fill in any cracks around the house so that they cant hide. I don't believe in producing/using nasty chemicals but spiders are a exception: DDT around the windows and doors works wonders on spiders!!! If you haven't got an old stockpile of DDT from before it was banned then you could try folk remedies such as placing conkers around the room. (Personally I think that a heavy boot works better,squash their giblets out and they won't return).

Answer 10

I don't think house spiders like it in the garden. You'd better ask the garden spiders. If they have foreign nationals there, ok ... but otherwise, I think it best to make different plans for tomorrow.

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Peace & Love
LPM