But it was a decision she quickly came to regret. "I then went to bed for the evening, woke up that morning and had the bite ...

Spiders don’t carry diseases, the way ticks and mosquitoes do, and in the United States, where thousands of species of spiders live, there are only a few venomous types that cause concern — notably, ...

A desperate dad is warning Brits to be careful around false widows as he was hospitalised after performing DIY surgery on an agonising spider bite.

Discover more about "Britain's most venomous" spider - the noble false widow, from where you'll find it in the UK to how dangerous it is.