A woman was forced to have surgery on her finger after what she thought was a spot turned out to be a false widow spider bite. Crystal Rudd, 28, first noticed a painful pimple on her finger on 25 ...

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A number of schools in east London have been forced to close for up to a month after false widow spider infestations were discovered. Rokeby School in Newham was among one of at least four to shut ...

While both are arachnids and spine chilling to behold, there are many differences between a male vs female black widow spider ...

Australia may soon be invaded by a spider that scientists have called an "alien monster." The New Zealand false widow spider, a native of the Canary Islands and Madeira in Spain, is an invasive ...

This will get your spidey sense tingling: There’s a type of spider that looks like a black widow—but packs a much less potent bite. False widow spiders resemble their infamous cousins, black widow ...

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Spiders can elicit fearful reactions in some people, but the majority of species cause no harm to humans and may provide benefits. That said, there are a couple of venomous spider species in the metro ...