It is the time when people report seeing the most number of house spiders roaming around their homes, said Professor Hart. This period coincides with the mating season of house spiders, he said, which only occurs once a year.
“What normally happens is that male spiders are on the lookout for female spiders for mating and they get very wandering,” he said. “So they cover a lot of ground looking for females and that’s what we’re normally seeing.”in the UK. “In terms of the spiders we see [in the home] – they’re harmless enough,” said Professor Hart. “They’re just looking for mates usually.”Mating season does not last long and is usually over by mid October, said Professor Hart.
But the problem with this method for people who are scared of spiders is that you have to get quite close to the spider to do this. He said that there are spider “grabbers” on the market that can be used to humanely remove spiders from an arms’ length.Professor Hart said: “They are important predators of various other insects.