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Everything you need to know about spiders. Here, you'll find all the latest spider stories, information on the different types of spiders you can get in the UK, and how to keep the creepy crawlies out of your house.

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Teen (16-17) girl lying on bed using smartphone

I'm 17, he's 31... Am I too young to tell him I have feelings for him?

Sex September 14, 2023 By Em Clarkson

Venom spider

Venomous spider named after British actor – because it looks like him

Tech September 12, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

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Hairy, sex-crazed spiders are heading for your home

Tech September 12, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

This picture shows one of two halves of the fossil where the rock split.See SWNS story SWMRspider. ARGHH-aeology! It's a sight to cause fear in many, however this fossilised spider lived 310 million years ago. The ancient creepy crawly is described in a recent scientific paper as the oldest spider found in Germany. The study has been published in the international journal Pal?ontologische Zeitschrift by Dr. Jason Dunlop from the Museum f?r Naturkunde Berlin. Named Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki, the find comes from the Piesberg quarry near Osnabruck in Lower Saxony. This spider is between 310 and 315 million years old and was named after its discoverer, Tim Wolterbeek, who kindly donated the fossil to the Berlin Museum for study. Itprobably had a body length of about a centimetre and a leg span of about 4 cm. It is preserved well enough to show details of the silk-producing spinnerets and even hairs and claws on the legs.

Scientists stumble across 300-million-year-old spider that still has hair on its legs

Tech August 10, 2023 By Dean Murray

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Man returns from Mexico and finds tarantula has also made 4,800 mile trip in luggage

UK May 3, 2023 By Jasper King

Woman thought she had spot on finger but it was false widow spider bite

UK April 11, 2023 By Brooke Davies

Man opens car door to find 'at least 100' huge spiders hatching

World January 21, 2023 By Kirsten Robertson

Bite from common spider left student in emergency surgery

UK January 18, 2023 By Jordan King

An Edinburgh mum was left disgusted after she spotted an unusual addition to her bunch of bananas. Michelle, a mum-of-three from Leith returned to her home after a little shopping trip in Waitrose but while she was unpacking the groceries, she noticed a strange blister-type mark on the bananas. From the Waitrose Essential range, the bananas are packaged in plastic but she soon realised the mark was a spider's nest after a little beastie crawled out from it.

Hundreds of spiders 'burst out of banana' mum bought at Waitrose

UK December 1, 2022 By Jasper King

Mum left stunned after discovering a tarantula the 'size of her hand' in her front garden - believed to be an aggressive species from South Africa

Mum finds tarantula 'the size of her hand' lurking at the bottom of her garden

UK October 24, 2022 By Tom Sanders

Radio presenter passes out live in studio after being confronted with spider

Showbiz October 12, 2022 By Mel Evans

SOCIAL PICK: Man has 300 tarantulas as pets SWNS

Man told to get a hobby for his mental health goes out and buys 300 tarantulas

UK October 7, 2022 By Jasper King

How to keep spiders out of your house

UK October 4, 2022 By Evelyn Richards

common house spider on the floor in a home

How to prevent common insects from coming into your home this autumn

UK October 2, 2022 By Jon Fellowes

Largest venomous spider in the world creeps up on woman on the toilet

World September 28, 2022 By Liam Coleman

Caption: Mum's life 'hung in the balance' after spider bite at garden centre cafe Pictures: Tracey Vincent / PA

Mum's life 'hung in the balance' after spider bite at garden centre cafe

UK September 19, 2022 By Josh Layton

*GRAPHIC IMAGERY*Exclusive: Mum left vomiting and with huge leg blisters after spider bit her in the garden

Mum left vomiting and with huge leg blisters after spider bit her in the garden

UK September 6, 2022 By Josh Layton

Spider On Hardwood Floor

How to keep spiders out of your house

UK October 5, 2022 By Evelyn Richards

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Sex-crazed spiders set to invade homes this autumn

UK August 23, 2022 By Jasper King

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Do spiders dream of organic fleas? Scientists think there's a chance they might

Tech August 9, 2022 By Katherine Hignett

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