Where the City's Spiders Gather
Plant rooms and basements near Bank
The basement plant rooms beneath office towers near Bank are checked on a maintenance schedule rather than daily, and that gap is enough for webs to build up in corners that see almost no other activity.
Storage areas around Aldgate
Around Aldgate, storage areas attached to offices and food premises offer similar conditions — cool, dim and rarely opened outside of a stock check.
Signs to Look For
- Cobwebs building up in corners, cellars or rarely used rooms
- Spiders seen more often in autumn as they move indoors to breed
- Egg sacs tucked into skirting boards, window frames or storage boxes
- More activity in cold, undisturbed spaces — sheds, garages, cellars
Managing Spiders in a City Building
Clearing webs in these spaces every so often keeps numbers down without much else needing to be done.
