Falling temperatures and increased humidity are a sign for spiders to seek winter quarters. But given the numerous spiders found in apartments and houses, many are asking themselves: Are there more spiders this year than usual?
From late summer and autumn onwards, spiders increasingly come into apartments and houses. The eight-legged lodgers look for safe and warmer quarters in good time for the cold season. Therefore, you may discover one or two lonely spiders in the coming days or weeks.
However, sometimes up to three or four spiders are spotted in the corner of a room or behind the cupboard per day. Is that still normal? And could it be that there are a particularly large number of spiders hibernating in houses and apartments this year?
Even if many people have the feeling that there are usually about the same number of spiders every year. There is essentially a maximum capacity for eight-legged friends per apartment. The reason is that the spiders see each other as competition for food. After all, their prey is similar. If there are too many arachnids in the house, they cannibalize each other and thus regulate their numbers themselves.
No. Rather, it is the large specimens – such as the house angle spider – that are particularly noticeable. Small ones, on the other hand, are quickly overlooked – or they hide very well, like the fat spider. It is primarily active at night and can therefore only be seen during the day during intensive house cleaning.
The best method is to capture the spider with a glass and then take it outside. However, you should keep in mind that you should not release the eight-legged friend back into the wild too close to the house. Otherwise, the arachnid uses the short distance and slips back into the very house from which it was just thrown out.
