A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to ...

A West Sussex nursery owner was in for a surprise when a large venomous spider with a “huge appetite” arrived with his ...

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

The arachnid in question is a Macrothele calpeiana, or Spanish funnel-web spider, and gave folks quite a fright when they saw ...

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 ...

British Arachnological Society classified the species as Europe's largest back in 1989, but that hasn't fazed Jack Casson, a ...

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 ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a ...

Europe's largest spider has been found in England after travelled over from Spain in a shipment of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider, revealed to be a female by its new owner, was spotted in a ...

A venomous spider with a 'huge appetite' was an unpleasant surprise inside a delivery of olives for a horrified nursery owner. 'Europe's largest' Spanish funnel-web spider was found at the West ...

A Brit was in for a surprise when 'Europe's largest spider' – a venomous species with a 'huge appetite' – arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a ...