Noble false widow spiders - or steatoda nobilis - are on the rise in the UK, and prefer living in or near houses The effects of spider bites are putting more people in hospital in England than 10 ...

Keith Robinson, 65, says he developed a large, angry inflammation on his leg shortly after clearing out cobwebs at home. At first he tried to treat it himself using painkillers and savlon, but before ...

Storms and rising prices aren't the only dangers Georgians need to be wary of. There are several spider species that call Georgia home, and some of them are venomous. Here's a look at five common ones ...

A 65-year-old man from Hertfordshire in the UK has been left in severe pain and unable to walk properly after what is suspected to be a bite from the UK's most venomous spider, the false widow, the ...

In the UK, hospitalisations from false widow spiders reached 100 in 2025. That’s significantly higher than the figure from a decade before (47 hospitalisations in 2015). Some have called the false ...