Conkers as a spider deterrent...?

[potsy]

Heard a few people talking about this during last week's dog walk round the park, it's a thing...
Does it work as I now have a pocketful of the buggers and as far as I know there are no spiders in there making a home

 

[annedonnelly]

My mum used to have conkers strategically placed around the house to deter spiders. I have no idea whether it worked or not.

I tend to pick them up simply because they look so lovely and shiny. That's the conkers not the spiders 😁

 

[PeteXXX]

Only when used in conjunction with a catapult... 👍

 

[markemark]

Spiders are great as bug catchers, not sure I'd ever want to deter them.

 

[fossyant]

We've used them next to the air holes in the caravan floor, seems to work (used them for years) - don't know why.

 

[presta]

There seem to be plenty of claims online that this works, but I can't find anything authoritative.

 

[lazybloke]

Spiders are great as bug catchers, not sure I'd ever want to deter them.

Yeah, most of the time they're fine.
But those enormous spiders, the one's where you think a pint glass is too small....

My wife had to evict one like that the other morning. She'd woken up with cobwebs on her face!

 

[wiggydiggy]

I used to do this, it didn't work so I adopted my 8 legged friends as fly catchers.

I have planted 4 horse chestnut 🌰 though this year, nothing is likely to happen till spring but fingers crossed something will 🌱

 

[Chief Broom]

Nope a fanciful myth, the end of randy,rampant,ramblings of spiders coincides with the conker season which some people mistook for a deterrent. I dont reckon theres anything that would deter a critter with one objective in mind

 

[fossyant]

Any spiders in this house usually end up dead - four house cats see them as toys.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Spiders are fine in the house, they keep to themselves. It is those pesky flies who can’t stop being nosey and landing on you for a laugh.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I always pick up chessies and make a little autumnal display with them. So far I have seen 0 spiders be deterred by them.

I tend to pick them up simply because they look so lovely and shiny. That's the conkers not the spiders 😁

Save a terrified Spider today, pick up
your conkers! 😆

She'd woken up with cobwebs on her face!

You aren't THAT old, are you? 😆

Sorry.

 

[lazybloke]

Any spiders in this house usually end up dead - four house cats see them as toys.

Our youngest cat is about 19 months old and is still honing her hunting skills.

We've had worms and frogs galore.
Last night she skillfully caught some leaves.

Useless!

 

[Hover Fly]

When I lived in France, our library was panelled in chestnut wood, but the sweet edible species, not horse, supposedly because it repels insects, it is also used as bands round wine barrels and in the vineyard as stakes. It was certainly never bothered with woodworm, while adjacent oak and beech were. If it was repelling insects spiders wouldn't be bothered to come in.

 

[Cathryn]

I totally believe it. My house is full of conkers and we only see a few spiders.