As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the UK’s largest spiders and the story of a man who ended up in hospital after ...

I think it's the largest spider in Europe ... reading this will look at them in a more positive light. None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider wants to ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as ... This follows the news last year that tarantulas were confirmed in the UK by BBC researcher Adele in the form of Britain’s only ...

Europe's largest' Spanish funnel-web spider was found ... this will look at them in a more positive light. None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider wants ...

Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute noticed the sea spider, the size of a dinner plate, about 2km beneath the icy surface waters of the South Sandwich Islands, a chain of volcanic islands ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Reading about the spider in Thursday's Argus, I thought you might like this little story. When I was 10 I lived in Lavender Street ...

“I think it’s the largest spider in Europe ... this will look at them in a more positive light. “None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider wants ...

They are big too, females being larger than males attaining up to 2cm in body length, whilst males at about 0.5cm are much smaller and easily overlooked. They are not dangerous to humans.