Where to find spiders hanging out this autumn
SIR – Keith Phillips (Letters, October 20) wonders where the spiders have gone.
He needn’t worry. They are alive and well and living with me in Poulton-le-fylde.
Professor Margaret Mackeith Poulton-le-fylde, Lancashire
SIR – Most of them are in my narrowboat. Despite all windows, doors and vents being firmly closed, the boat is swarming. It is a mystery how they gain entry.
Nigel Williams
Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire
SIR – One of them (Araneus diadematus) appeared in my greenhouse.
It is a beautiful creature. I can’t get to my tomatoes as it would mean destroying its web.
Robert Ward
Loughborough, Leicestershire
SIR – As a serious arachnophobe I dread the autumn months and the sight of a monster house spider scuttling across my floor. So I, too, have (thankfully) noticed their absence this year.
Elvina Parker
Overton, Hampshire
SIR – The spiders in my house have been replaced by hordes of woodlice – and a newt.
Chris Gordon
Boston, Lincolnshire
SIR – They are living in my kitchen, where they provide a welcome snack for my Siamese cat, Mia.
Each morning there are spiders’ legs on the floor. I suspect there is very little meat on them.
Susan Fellows
Willington, Cheshire
SIR – What I want to know is: where have all the daddy-long-legs gone? Camilla Borradaile
Blandford Forum, Dorset