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Europe’s “Biggest Venomous Spider” Just Arrived in the UK, and It’s Not Going Anywhere
A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to ...
Europe’s biggest spider spotted in UK - you won't believe how big it is
The spider has since been taken in by enthusiast Jack Casson from Hartlepool, whose girlfriend named her Bessie.
How to spot venomous 'Europe's largest spider' as Brits issued warning after it arrived in UK
The arachnid in question is a Macrothele calpeiana, or Spanish funnel-web spider, and gave folks quite a fright when they saw ...
Europe's largest spider with venomous bite hitchhikes to UK in delivery of olives
A nursery owner in West Sussex got a shock after an eight-legged stowaway was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba, ...
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Urgent warning to Britons as Europe's largest SPIDER arrives in the UK: Venomous arachnid with 'huge appetite' hitches a ride on a delivery of olives
Taxonomically, they are in the infraorder mygalomorphae which includes the trapdoor spiders and tarantulas. 'We only have one native mygalomorphae in the UK and they are much, much smaller and ...
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Man intentionally gets bitten by black widow spiders to 'debunk myths' and the results are surprising
Taking to his educational wildlife YouTube channel, Jack can often be seen writhing in pain and rating some of the most gory encounters he's had with nature's most dangerous critters, from bites to ...
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‘I developed flesh-eating disease after a spider bit me in the UK’
Just take a look at the Spanish funnel-web spider, which was discovered at a nursery in West Sussex, UK strutting out from a shipment of olives from Cordoba. While we don’t know how big this ...