Size: About half an inch Location ... South America and the U.S. What Makes This Scary Spider So Dangerous The noble false ...

The false widow spiders (Steatoda spp.) form a group of species that ... They are black or brown in colour, rotund, and small - growing up to about the size of a small finger-nail. The maximum body ...

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

A father has been left arthritic after his limbs almost 'exploded' from a suspected false widow spider bite while he slept. Brian Smith had woken up in bed to a sharp pain on the top of his ...

Hine explains, 'In years like this more of them reach their maximum size and there's enough food to support more of them.' However, the turn to colder and wetter weather will stop insects flying and ...

A dad was told his hand might need to be cut off after he was bitten by a suspected false widow spider in his sleep. Brian Smith, 43, from Maidstone, Kent, is warning others about venomous insects ...

Police and paramedics were called to the scene and discovered a £1 coin-size gape wound on Mr Bolton ... faint puncture marks in your skin. False widow spiders, so-called because of their ...