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Rare deadly spider found in London

Fungus-infected 'zombie spiders' have invaded London

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago By Brooke Davies
WEST SUSSEX, ENGLAND, UK A Brit was in for a surprise when ???Europe???s largest spider??? ??? a venomous species with a ???huge appetite??? ??? arrived with his delivery of olives (Credit: Pen News) (Pen News ??25, ??15, ??10 online) (Contact editor@pennews.co.uk/07595759112)

Venomous spider with 'huge appetite' spotted in the UK

Channel: UK UK March 7, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Estella Kyriacou with her ???spider tent??? that she sleeps inside due to fear of arachnids. Release date February 19 2025. A woman with a crippling fear of spiders sleeps in a TENT on her bed - to protect her from creepy crawlies. Estella Kyriacou, 25, grew up terrified of arachnids and was horrified when she saw one in her room in her flat in Clapham, London, last year. She moved into a different room with her flatmate, Imogen Clarke, 26, for a while to avoid the critter. After eventually plucking up the courage to return to her own bedroom, she took drastic measures.

Woman with fear of spiders shares unique sleeping method to keep critters away

Channel: Health Health February 20, 2025 By Faima Bakar
A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed ?Big Boy? is pictured at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stefica Nicol Bikes

New species of spider nicknamed 'big boy' is one of the world's deadliest

Channel: Tech Tech January 14, 2025 By Tom Sanders
Dangerously venomous Male Sydney Funnel-web spider showing fangs; Shutterstock ID 2092948801; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Warning from animal park after deadly spiders reach 'prime' mating season

Channel: World World November 19, 2024 By Gethin Hicks
One of the spiders

Spider smuggler arrested after police found 300 tarantulas strapped to his body

Channel: World World November 18, 2024 By Oliver Jones
Raft spider / Jesus Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus / Araneus fimbriatus) female on moss in bog. (Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Spiders the size of a hand on the loose in the UK after being released by zoo

Channel: UK UK November 4, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Dated: 09/10/2024 Arachnophobe Zoe Rebecca, 28, from Great Park, Newcastle, who forked out for an Uber so she could get the driver to remove a spider from her home as she was too terrified to do it herself. See story North News

Woman books Uber to ask driver to get rid of spider for her

Channel: UK UK October 12, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
False widow spider.

Massive spiders with 'wasp sting' bite invade UK homes after wet summer

Channel: UK UK August 30, 2024 By Jasper King
A combination image of Bella Lamorte and her foot after it was bitten by a spider.

Woman almost loses leg after being bitten by false widow through fishnet stockings

Channel: UK UK August 28, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

Venomous flying spiders the size of a human hand are about to invade New York

Channel: US US June 7, 2024 By Katie Boyden
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Getting ready for summer? Here's where underwater spiders lurk in holiday hotspots

Channel: Tech Tech May 28, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi
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Map reveals where underwater cannibal spider lurks in UK holiday hotspots

Channel: Tech Tech May 25, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Girl, 5, unable to walk and covered in rashes after being bitten by a false widow spider

Channel: UK UK February 21, 2024 By Tom Sanders
**Sent under embargo - no use before 12.00pm GMT January 14 2024** Aaron handling a tarantula. See SWNS story SWTPtarantula. Meet the man who lives with a collection of more than 700 - TARANTULAS. Aaron Phoenix, 36, started accumulating the spiders in summer 2021 to help with his mental health. He keeps them all in his "tarantula cave" - and says the biggest is the size of a dinner plate. Aaron, from Yate, South Glos., lives with the spiders alongside his partner, Jo, 47, and her two teenage daughters.

Man says living with 700 tarantulas is good for his mental health

Channel: UK UK January 14, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
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‘Godzilla’ spider horrifies on live news report in Australia as everyone makes same joke

Channel: TV TV January 10, 2024 By Sabrina Barr

Wolf spider lays eggs in British man's toe on romantic cruise

Channel: Weird Weird November 28, 2023 By Sarah Hooper
This is an image of a spider in a woman's ear canal.

Woman who heard 'strange clicking noises' finds spider living in her ear

Channel: World World November 2, 2023 By Laura Hamilton
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Spider venom that causes excruciating erections could be the next Viagra

Channel: Tech Tech September 29, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu
Trapdoor spider terrorised Australia?s forests 15 million years ago. For the first time, fossilised remains of a brush-footed trapdoor spider have been found. The hairy monstrosity which lived 11?16 million years ago in Australia is five times larger than its modern relatives. Megamonodontium mccluskyi is described in a paper published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Fossils show giant spiders have been creeping around Australia for 16 million years

Channel: Tech Tech September 25, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu