The false widow spiders (Steatoda spp.) form a group of species that, because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.), can cause concern when ...

Local live: read more Beds, Herts and Bucks stories here How dangerous are false widow spiders? The father-of ... for their more dangerous cousin, the black widow.

Every autumn there are reports of false widow spiders becoming uninvited eight-legged houseguests in homes across the UK. But despite looking similar to the more dangerous black widows, all these ...

Deputy headteacher, Mr Craig Burns, issued a letter to parents saying that a false widow spider was found in the ICT block yesterday, and, following investigations, there were further spiders ...

What do false widow spiders look like? False widow spiders have shiny, black bodies and can be as big as a 50p coin. They ...

The venomous noble false widow is hospitalising record numbers of people as the spider spreads across Britain. The noble false widow is one of only 10 spider species in the country that has fangs ...

Crystal Rudd needed surgery after being bitten by a false widow spider A woman who underwent emergency surgery after being bitten by a venomous spider said she felt as though her finger would ...