ST. LOUIS – Harry Bell is sharing his frightening ordeal after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. Bell was bitten last week on his left leg, most likely in the middle of the night.

Brian Smith suffered a severe reaction to a false widow bite that has led him to warn others about British spiders ...

The 43-year-old's hand, arm, leg and even foot ballooned as the venom took hold and he was rushed to hospital.

Brian Smith, 43, from Maidstone in Kent, was forced to stay in hospital for three weeks after the spider plunged its fangs ...

A DAD has been left arthritic after his limbs nearly “exploded” from what he believes was a bite from a false widow spider.

You can tell you’ve encountered a spider bite because you’ll be able to see faint puncture marks in your skin. False widow spiders, so-called because of their similarity to the more venomous black ...

so-called because of their similarity to the more venomous black widow spider, are the main culprits of UK bites and typically give bites that cause pain, redness, and swelling. The black widow's ...

The brown recluse spider's venom can destroy blood vessel walls near the bite, sometimes leading to large skin ulcers. Brazilian Wandering Spiders, also known as banana spiders, have a distinctive ...

It is rare for the brown widow to bite, and it is much less aggressive than the black widow. If it does bite, this spider administers much less venom ... and since their fangs are small, the initial ...