Mild autumn weather leads to "good spider season"

They're the creepy crawlies that are often found in gardens, on windows and sometimes even in our homes.

Experts say we can expect to see some spiders in our homes this autumn and they may be a little bigger than usual.

Professor Adam Hart, from the University of Gloucestershire, said he expected a "good spider season".

He says they might be 2 or 3mm bigger because the recent mild weather has meant there are more insects for the spiders to eat.

Your comments

I saw a big giant spider in my room and I wasn't going to sleep until my mum got a piece of tissue and got hold of it and threw it out of the window and on to the road.

Abigail, Somerset, England

I keep seeing huntsman spiders and big spiders in my garden. I see a lot of daddy long legs as well. There are loads of webs too.

Laura, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

I saw one climbing on my shoulder, I never want to see another one of those beasts.

Rebecca, London, England

At my gymnastics this morning there were so many spiders on the door that we couldn't get in!

Lolly, Wokingham, England

I hate spiders even thinking about them makes me shudder... I hope I never see one in my bedroom because I won't be able to sleep.

Lucy, West Midlands, England

I saw a spider on my mum and dad's bed. It was almost the same size as my hand! Luckily, we aren't scared of spiders.

Matthew, Dumfries, Scotland

Every morning I see a huge spider in the bath, nearly as big as my palm, and every morning I pick it up and put it outside. Then, when I come home from school, it's in the bath again. Dad said it crawls up the drain pipe to get away from the cold. My sister even named it! It's called Herb.

Azuria, Hereford, England

I keep seeing spiders in their webs in the allotments, there are absolutely hundreds of them. I saw a massive one and put it on my hand!

Zahra, England

I found a huge spider in my bathroom, hopefully none of them crawled into my sink.

Danielle, London, England

There are lots of spiders round my house and I absolutely adore them, they are so cute and smooth to touch!

Moris, Exeter, England

I keep on seeing spiders everywhere. There were six giant spiders that had made a nest in the packaging for my swing! I saw so many around my house and wondered why there were so many.

Rida, London, England

When I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth, I saw a hairy spider in the bath. It was almost as big as my hand. I couldn't breathe I was so terrified.

Branwen, Cardiff, Wales

Well only a week ago we had a whole nest of spiders infest our bathroom all over the sink, toilet and shower. Even though we got rid of them I'm still too scared to go in!

Charlotte, New Malden, England

I hate spiders! We have a lot of them in our house! Worst of all my brother loves them and he catches them and scares me with it! Argh!

Angelinee, England

I've seen SO many spiders around and they're all so HUGE! I was watching The Next Step when a spider crawled straight onto Michelle's face! Plus, I have arachnophobia so I screamed so loudly!

Meenu, London, England

There are loads of daddy long legs and spiders in my house and at my school. A girl ran out of a maths lesson screaming last week because a couple of them landed on her desk.

Maryam, Leicestershire, England

I have seen lots of spiders and last night three huge ones ran from under the couch and my Mam jumped off the couch.

Sophie, Darlington

When I woke up, there was a spider above me and I screamed because spiders are so creepy.

Emilia, Birmingham, England

Here's a picture of a big spider on our curtains - Albert

I found this huge spider in my mums shoes - Ruby

I have one spider that is very cool, it sits in my hand very nicely I don't want to throw it away, I want to keep it.

Amar

I saw six spiders in one minute in my bathroom, lucky none of them went on my toothbrush.

Callum, Derbyshire, England

We have one, he is living under the sofa in our lounge, my sister even named him!

Josh and Amber, Royal Wootton Bassett, England

I have seen so many. I hate spiders.

Samuel, Warwick, England

I was sitting on my bed when a MASSIVE spider crawled from under it and ran to my door!

Oliver, Newport, Wales

Me and my Mum saw a huge spider on the steps, we both screamed for my Dad and he thought we were having him on until it jumped onto his leg!

Amy, Preston, England

I have a spider nest in my house and I keep finding massive ones EVERYWHERE.

Caitlin, London, England

I had a giant spider in my room, I wouldn't sleep in there until my Dad threw it out of the window.

Isabella, England

I saw a massive one that was as big as my palm.

Rhea, London, England

Professor Adam Hart is right, I have seen lots of huge spiders around my house.

Grace, Manchester, England

Me and one of my best friends saw tonnes of really big spiders whilst we were on a walk one day and I nearly walked straight into one. It was as big as the spoon end for a tablespoon, I screamed and nearly fell over.

Bethany, Lincoln, England

My schools outside walls are covered with daddy long legs! They are disgusting! One of my friends nearly swallowed one, and the boys kept catching them and releasing them on us!

Libby, Bath, England

There was a gigantic spider in our living room. It went everywhere.

Yusra, London, England

I've seen so many spiders. There was one on the kitchen floor last night and when I tried to catch it, it ran faster than I'd seen a spider run.

Lauren, Slough, England

About three days ago, I saw five giant daddy long legs in the toilet in my house. I screamed loudly as soon as I saw them!

Nadine, Surrey, England

Everywhere I look I see spiders and they're all MASSIVE and I didn't have a clue why there were soooo many.

Lucy, Belfast, Northern Ireland

I've seen tons! They are all in my garden and in my house. Its so scary. They always make webs as well. I was wondering why there was so many.

Zainab, London, England

A few days ago, I was sitting on the sofa watching CBBC and I felt something on my shoulder. I looked down and and there was a huge spider crawling up my neck! I screamed!

Scarlett, Bristol, England

My father found spiders egg's.

Shina, Stafford, England

There is this one giant spider that keeps on coming back to our house and there are tonnes in my garden!

Jacob, London, England

Yes, there was this massive one in my room the other day and it was horrible and disgusting.

Namood, London, England

I have been seeing lots of huge spiders in my garden, trying to get inside the cage for my guinea pigs!

Amber, Leicester, England

Recently I have seen loads and loads of spiders around my house and they were all massive! I am now keeping my eyes out for any more!

Hollie, Edinburgh, Scotland

I saw a GIANT spider in our conservatory today and I laughed but my mum is an arachnophobia so she screamed super loud!

Lauren, Birmingham, England

I discovered a massive one and it was the size of a grape.

Molly, Hove, England

I think spiders are creepy because they could be anywhere.

Zahirah, Kent, England

OMG! Yesterday I saw a spider and I screamed so loud because it looked so disgusting!

Clara, London, England

I really don't like spiders but I've been seeing loads around my house recently! Yesterday, there was a huge daddy long legs in my brother's room. I was so freaked out.

Kyla, England

We have so many spiders in our house, I have put conkers around the house because I heard that it keeps them away!

Poppy, Southampton, England

Yes, there are lots of ones in the house, including one on my curtain rail plus we saw five yesterday and a daddy long legs.

Charlotte, Swindon, England

In my home there are loads of daddy long legs and I find them disturbing.

George, Bedfordshire, England

I have seen a lot of spiders in the sink.