A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to the UK, arriving in a West Sussex nursery hidden inside an olive tree ...

Gradually, week by week, spring is coming, and wildlife species emerge. In local woods there are great tits, wood pigeons, and mistle thrushes singing, and more insistent with the passing days.

On rare occasions, hobo, huntsman, jumping, or nursery web spiders may be faulted for appropriating the flairs of wolf spiders, as you'll learn below. Quick tip: When in doubt, peep into their ...

A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba.

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 UK’s largest spiders and the story of a man who ended up in hospital after ...

This is a male nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or ...

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

Your garden may simply be home to one of the many large garden spiders, which, despite their resemblance to Australia's notorious funnel-web spider, are not especially toxic nor aggressive.

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 appetite", was spotted by ...

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 ...

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 ...