The species has fangs that produce a painful bite, like a wasp sting, resulting in a range of unpleasant symptoms that can ...

Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) at a public bus stop in the seaside resort of Lyme Regis, southern England. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Find out how to identify a false widow spider and work out which species you have seen. The noble false widow is most commonly reported. It is the largest of the UK's three most common false widow ...

The noble false widow is one of these and its venom is 230 times more toxic than other native spiders. Official NHS data shows that almost 100 people were hospitalised with suspected spider bites ...

We do have several venomous species including the Noble False Widow, which is by far the most venomous. However, the Noble ...

Louise Edwards, 49, was bitten by the arachnid, thought to be a false widow spider, at her home Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. The painful abscess swelled to the "size of a bar of soap" and came close ...

False widows ... are reports of false widow spiders becoming uninvited houseguests in homes across the UK every autumn False widow spiders arrived in south-west England in the 1870s It is ...

Find out how to identify a false widow spider and work out which species you have seen. The noble false widow is most commonly reported. It is the largest of the UK's three most common false widow ...