How can I can rid of spiders in my garden?

I seem to have an infestigation of them and am always walking into them and their webs. Is there something I can use to rid my garden of them?

How can I can rid of spiders in my garden?
The good news is they are keeping your gargen bug free since spiders dont eat plants.
Reply:Theres not a lot you can do...once you knock down a web..the spiders will build new ones. What I would do is to go in the garden the last thing at night and knock down the webs.
Reply:try spraying habenaro/cayenne pepper juice on them. that is what we use in our garden. Keeps the bugs of all sorts off them!
Reply:I know spiders are icky but there are very benefical to the flower garden there are alot of pests in the garden that could kill your plants but the spiders are there to eat them first I believe thats more important then running into a web occasionally.Good luck!
Reply:I have a lot of spiders around my house too, but, at least for my case, I know I have a lot of bugs too. They are food for the spiders, and I'm guessing that without the spiders I'd be over-run by gnats, crickets and other critters that hop, climb, run, jump, chirp and fly.





So if you try and get rid of the spiders, you might end up wishing you hadn't.





If you are really that dead-set against having them, try looking at getting rid f their food source first. If you do, I guarantee the spiders won't waste any time vacating! They like to eat and want to live too!





If you can't realistically do this...I know I wouldn't be able to, you might just have to make peace with it. You could try trimming your garden area up some. Get rid of excess growth, leaves and sticks. Things that would attract bugs to begin with. Maybe prune back some branches and bushes if you have those near by. Keep the lawn area near your garden cut a little shorter than the rest of the yard. Maybe just a low-cut border around the perimeter of your garden....something like that. Stay away from pesticides if you can. You want certain insect life in your garden. They ARE necessary and healthy for it to thrive.





Maybe some of these ideas will help. Hope so, but this is about all I can think of.





Good luck. :)





p.s. I liked the idea about getting praying mantises.....great idea! You can buy eggs from nurseries usually. One egg usually contains a LOT of potential mantises, but I imagine most of them don't make it. I am fortunate in that I think I have a self-sustaining ecosystem of mantises around my house. They are my favorite insect and so cool to watch. Did you know they can actually catch *bumblebees*! That blew me away when I saw one (a mantis) chowing on one....dang! So...any ole spider is child's play to one of those guys!
Reply:Spiders are GOOD to have in your garden.....they get rid of many pests that would otherwise damage your plants. Just watch where you are going.
Reply:They were here before we were and they do a lot more good than most people think
Reply:Leave the spiders alone! They have as much right to be there as you. They're cool creatures really and their webs are beautiful, especially in the morning dew. Learn to love our little friends!
Reply:Why on earth would you want to get rid of them? You may be able to but you would upset the balance and be infested with other creatures that may be far worse. Spiders are predatory and will eat other garden pests, learn to live with them they are on the whole harmless.
Reply:I HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE WHEN I WALK IN THE GARDEN. I AM CONSTANTLY REMOVING THEM FROM MY BATH.


I'M PREPARED TO PUT UP WITH THEM AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING UP WITH AN INCREASE IN THE FLY POPULATION WHICH ARE A HEALTH HAZARD.
Reply:If they've been there for longer than four weeks then they have full squatters' rights. You'll have to take out a court order on them to have them evicted. Make sure they don't apply for Possessory Title if they've been there for 12 years or more.
Reply:I wouldn't get rid of them at all. The more spiders there are means more plant eating bugs are about. Trust me when I say that spiders are your best friend in a garden.
Reply:wow i kno ur pain, i hate spiders i hate when they get on my car wing mirrors so the other day i sprayed raid on the wing mirror and it killed them


freaked me out but it killed them.. n they have neevr come back..


i had to do this as i actually watched a spider trap a huge fly in its web and actually devour the thing i was discusted yuck so i had to take its life!
Reply:if it's the webs that bother you the most, take a stick with you to the garden area and wave it around as you go.. the neighbors will think you've lost it, but you wont run into those webs.... and then, too, if you see a very LARGE spider with a BIG web, you 'll have the tool you need to just gently remove the web... then the spider willl take the hint and make her web in another spot the next day..... sometimes, you have to remove a few webs before she really moves on... see, she builds where she thinks there will be the most 'drop-ins'... the most visitors for lunch.... *smile*...........
Reply:spiders are lovely it's ant's you need to get rid of
Reply:Anyone who thinks spiders are harmless is probably never lived in the south. Or Australia where funnel spiders kill pets, and people, and babies. I had a close call with a brown recluse, and trust me, those things kill as well. What about Black widows, who kills people in their sleep. Sure there are a bunch of harmless spiders, that I have a truss with, but generally don't want to run into a brown recluse again, * I honestly didn't think I could move that fast*





Check your area and get a bunch of Praying Mantis, they should feed on the spiders, as well as other bugs, for the smaller bad insects get lady bugs. Just make sure both are indigenous to your area before you destroy the ecosystem with an invasive foreign insect. Personally I have carnivores plants, my Venus fly trap vs. spiders well I know the victor you spider hugging hippies well! lol
Reply:If you get rid of the spiders then you'll be overrun with the things they eat - flies etc


It's best to leave them be - they're doing you a favour