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Best spider repellents to deter creepy crawlies from your home

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Fear is a potent thing. It completely overrides our sense of logic and makes us behave in unusual ways that have the rest of the world looking on at us, eyebrows way up into their hairlines.

According to a 2022 study by consumer genetics company 23andMe, nearly 40 per cent of those surveyed have an excessive fear of something, from a fear of heights to a total inability to cope with spiders.

The spider phobia is a common one. While it may not debilitate everyone, the sight of an eight-legged insect has the wimpiest of

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