The spider has since been taken in by enthusiast Jack Casson from Hartlepool, whose girlfriend named her Bessie.

A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba.

EUROPE’s biggest species of spider has arrived in Britain, with the venomous funnel-web creature spotted in a nursery yard. The terrifying stowaway, said to have a “huge ...

A nursery owner in West Sussex got a shock after an eight-legged stowaway was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba, ...

Some spiders hunt and kill snakes up to 30 times their size. A study revealed 319 cases of such incidents involving over 40 spider species and 90 snake types worldwide. Tangle web spiders ...

Marvel Comics to publish Giant-Size Spider-Man as well as Giant Size-X-Men, in June 2025. Marvel Comics to release Giant-Size ...

A large spider with a brown cephalothorax (the fused head and thorax) and a tan-coloured abdomen that often has a characteristic ‘herring bone’ pattern. Six species of this group are commonly found in ...

Season: all year round. Usually found outdoors on walls, fencing and clutter around the garden, but most common in homes in autumn when males leave their webs to search for female spiders. Also common ...