Are you afraid of SPIDERS?!
Whilst I was writing Robert Spire thriller IMPACT POINT, I noticed a large fluffy spider run across the lounge floor. I usually catch them and put them out, but this was a big critter, and worse, it disappeared into the shadows!
With Northern Hemisphere Autumn now in full swing, anyone afraid of our hairy eight-legged friends might be starting to get a little bit nervous. Yes, spiders in all shapes and sizes will be invading our homes through open windows, bath plugs cracks and crevices. In the UK alone there are some 600 different species of spider. One species – the False Black Widow - in particular has been in the news recently. Britain’s most venomous spider, the little critter can certainly cause some horrific injuries if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten by it.
Even though most of our eight legged friends are harmless (Unless you happen to live in the USA, Australia or the Jungle) they are great for getting rid of insects and flies, but it doesn’t stop people being petrified of them.
So, what can you do to get rid of them? Well, there may be one simple step you can take – introduce some conkers into your home!
Conkers, is seems, drive spiders bonkers. Well my dad swears by it anyway! According to folklore, leaving strategically placed conkers around the house, on window sills, corners of the room and other places where you spot the creepy crawlies will scare the living daylights out of them, but is there any scientific basis for this?
The Royal Society of Chemistry has carried out some experiments to try and find the answers. The most likely explanation is that the conkers may contain some kind of chemical repellent. Spiders it seems have conkerphopia!
However, a junior school in Cornwall carried out a simple experiment which appears to dispel the spider-conker theory, so those strategically placed conkers may be a total waste of time, just eat them instead.
If you suffer with arachnophobia, just place your conkers around the house, relax, get the Kindle out, sit back, and make yourself your favourite drink and relax on the sofa with a good book – why not try CliFi Adventure Thriller TIPPING POINT for starters?
If you’ve purchased the paperback version and the conkers don’t do their job, you can always whack the hairy critter with it during a chapter break! Enjoy!
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