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A wet August could be to blame for the early onset of “spider season” as an unfavourable end to summer has tricked spiders into a premature mating season, experts have said.
Poor outdoor conditions have prompted house spiders to seek shelter indoors from mid-August – a phenomenon which is not normally seen until late September through to November.
The creepy crawlies act as nature’s own pest control as they help to reduce the population of target species, including wasps.
Mr Campbell said: “Around 98% of queen wasps are predated by spiders over the winter months. If it wasn’t for spiders, you could imagine the explosion we would have in wasp control – it would become a nightmare.”
He added: “People really need to understand that they’re a very important part of the food chain and they deal with a lot of the pests which do cause problems.”
A wet August could be to blame for the early onset of “spider season” as an unfavourable end to summer has tricked spiders into a premature mating season, experts have said.
Poor outdoor conditions have prompted house spiders to seek shelter indoors from mid-August – a phenomenon which is not normally seen until late September through to November.
The creepy crawlies act as nature’s own pest control as they help to reduce the population of target species, including wasps.
Mr Campbell said: “Around 98% of queen wasps are predated by spiders over the winter months. If it wasn’t for spiders, you could imagine the explosion we would have in wasp control – it would become a nightmare.”
He added: “People really need to understand that they’re a very important part of the food chain and they deal with a lot of the pests which do cause problems.”
The sunshine was bringing them all out today.
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