Seriously, does anyone have a tried and trusted method for getting the little sods out of your door mirrors? I don't want to kill them btw.
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No - however
These eight-legged creatures hate the smell of citrus fruits such as lemons and oranges. They also don't like peppermint oils, tea tree oils, eucalyptus, and vinegar. Using any of these if you can find a way to put these behind your mirrors then you may be rid, at least until the smell wears off.
It's a first world problem
These eight-legged creatures hate the smell of citrus fruits such as lemons and oranges. They also don't like peppermint oils, tea tree oils, eucalyptus, and vinegar. Using any of these if you can find a way to put these behind your mirrors then you may be rid, at least until the smell wears off.
It's a first world problem
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Polo mint duly rammed behind mirror glassNo - however
These eight-legged creatures hate the smell of citrus fruits such as lemons and oranges. They also don't like peppermint oils, tea tree oils, eucalyptus, and vinegar. Using any of these if you can find a way to put these behind your mirrors then you may be rid, at least until the smell wears off.
It's a first world problem
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)fish n chip wrapper stuffed around door mirror
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Yeah but then you have to contend with a squadron of Herring Gulls as soon as you park up.
sgregory124
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Do they bother you that much? What harm are they causing?
Burl Ives could perhaps have the answer , Sing Along 
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Maybe he has a phobia?
They irritate me with the mess of webs all over the wing mirrors.
He doesn't have a phobia. Like you its the mess I have to clear every time I want to use it.
I actually quite like spiders, would never knowingly harm one. The 'harm' is purely the mess they make.
sgregory124
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The mess? Wow - ok, not being funny but surely just a quick wipe and brush the web away?
SeagullFan
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what, not even the false widow? plenty of the little beggars down here and quite a few being bitten by them too
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Hopefully you never have to report back on having been harmed by one.
My dad was bitten by a "brown recluse” aka "violin spider’ (quite common in houses here) and he had to have a chunk of his leg cut away (necrosis).
There are several types of spiders, in the UK, that will cause you harm.
This was a simple question to which some have given a simple and helpful answer. Why do some like to 'not be funny' yet not offer help? I'm not being funny either.
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The spiders that like to live in my door mirrors and scuttle and behind the rear screen wiper cover weave the most incredibly sticky webs that really don't just wipe away.
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Where is ‘here?’
sgregory124
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I’m not offering to help because what you’re asking really doesn’t have a viable solution does it?
You either kill said spiders, which you’ve already said you don’t want to do - or cover your entire car in something to stop them getting in in the first place. Which is as impractical as it sounds in my opinion.
That's great. We won't fall out over it huh?
Petrol Pete
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You could get this Karen to pop 'round and remove them for you thereby leaving the arachnids no where to hide. 
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