Wear gloves when gardening or handling soil or rubbish, and use garden tools.Wear sensible footwear when walking outside, especially during the night.
Watch for moving ground-dwelling spiders after heavy rain or where soil has been recently excavated.
Avoid leaving household items on the ground outside overnight.
Shake clothing and bedding that has been on the floor before it is used again.
Don’t disturb spider webs with any part of your body.
Be aware of spiders outside on fence capping, building eaves and walls and under outside structures especially in the spring-time.
Use a draft-excluder or “snake” along the bottom of external doors to control spiders entering the house at night.
