Stopping Spiders!

[FordMotorsport98]

Hello, this is my first post and I’m hoping for someone’s advice or ideas on a strange little problem I’ve got.
I’ve recently spent a considerable amount doing a DIY restoration on my pride and joy which I enjoy keeping it freshly detailed but I’m having issues with it in storage. I drive it very rarely and find even after a few days of it parked in a heated garage spiders are making themselves a home under the car, now trust me if they just blew away they wouldn’t bother me but they don’t. They’re just accumulating to the point it’s getting silly, the wife’s car doesn’t seem affected so as if there attracted to the underseal or something?
Now does anybody know why they could be there, or what chemical I could spray onto the garage floor to ward them off?
Thank you for reading and thank you to all that help

[227bhp]

Conkers.

[Mignon]

227bhp said:

Conkers.

They don't like those landing on them true enough.

What a bizzare query however google says spiders don't like citrus, peppermint and garlic. Spraying the car with an infusion of any of those might ward them off.

[StuVT]

Conkers work to a point. Get loads. Drill a hole in them and scatter them around the garage near small gaps etc. They dont like the smell of the innards.

Certainly helped reduce the numbers in my garage.

[mike74]

I've had a wing mirror spider for well over a year now, no matter how much I try and aim the jet wash to get behind the mirror glass to flush it out I can guarantee the next morning a fresh web will be there from the wing mirror across to the door handle.

[Sy1441]

mike74 said:

I've had a wing mirror spider for well over a year now, no matter how much I try and aim the jet wash to get behind the mirror glass to flush it out I can guarantee the next morning a fresh web will be there from the wing mirror across to the door handle.

My mums 10 year old Astra and my wife’s 6 month old A1 both have wing mirror spiders. Same MO.

[robwilk]

mike74 said:

I've had a wing mirror spider for well over a year now, no matter how much I try and aim the jet wash to get behind the mirror glass to flush it out I can guarantee the next morning a fresh web will be there from the wing mirror across to the door handle.

+1

[sunbeam alpine]

I like my mirror spiders.......

[Mr-B]

robwilk said:

mike74 said:

I've had a wing mirror spider for well over a year now, no matter how much I try and aim the jet wash to get behind the mirror glass to flush it out I can guarantee the next morning a fresh web will be there from the wing mirror across to the door handle.

+1

Another one for the mirror spiders and the attempts to flush out with a hose. I am convinced there were the cause of my mirrors going nuts a few years ago (but maybe not, dunno). For no reason my mirrors would adjust themselves and go mental moving from one extreme of either up/down or pointing inwards or outwards, had to take the fuse out to stop them moving in the end.

[Mr2Mike]

Mr-B said:

Another one for the mirror spiders and the attempts to flush out with a hose. I am convinced there were the cause of my mirrors going nuts a few years ago (but maybe not, dunno).

Far more likely the gallons of water squirted into the back of the mirror trying to evict the spider caused it to go nuts...

[Funky Squirrel]

Sometimes when I'm driving along my wing mirror spider pops out to enjoy the view. He dangles on his wee thread about an inch or two off the mirror swinging in the breeze.
He won't let go no matter how fast I'm going!

[PositronicRay]

sunbeam alpine said:

I like my mirror spiders.......

Me too. It's feet grip the edge of the glass, and sometimes I talk to it.

Anyway at least it's keeping control of mirror flies.

[Mr-B]

Mr2Mike said:

Far more likely the gallons of water squirted into the back of the mirror trying to evict the spider caused it to go nuts...

Was squirting water in there for years without any issues and it started doing it weeks after its last wash. Never bothered getting to the bottom of it as I am the only one driving the car so the mirrors don't need moving anyway.

[Commander2874]

Conkers? Does that really work? Will give it a go! Now where can i get them from lol! No trees near me