I love those giant orb spiders and their webs. I have two gigantic webs outside
my front windows. Ordinary garden spiders. They lay egg cases and I always
have a nice supply of them every year.

The only reason I would brush them down is to paint, which I am going to have to
do this winter. Even then, my husband carefully takes the egg cases down puts
them elsewhere, in a safe place.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:19:20 -0400, "limey" opined:

Like many of us, I'm sure, we're always inundated at this time of year with
outside spiders making nests, spinning big cobwebs, messing up the siding,
etc. They usually collect under the overhang and on the porch.

I take a broom and sweep them down, but is there any type of spider
repellent available so that the little critters don't stop at our house and
adopt us in the first place?

Dora