In our house, in the last couple of years, the 'normal' species of
spider (large scary type, fat body, stout legs) has been totally usurped
by the 'daddy longlegs' variety (tiny body, long spindly legs). They
seem lurk in ever corner, nook and cranny.

Their webs are hardly webs at all, but instead consist of tangled
strings or bundles of fine fluff. No matter how often I remove them,
they're back the next day. I try not to harm the spiders themselves, and
when I can catch them, I throw them outside.

Traditional recommendations include chestnuts, lemon and lavender - and
there are lots of electronic devices that emit ultrasonic and
electromagnetic waves (but I suspect that these are in the snake oil
category).

Reports of how effective these remedies are vary, so can anyone suggest
something that really does work?
--
Ian