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 ...

A false widow spider has been recorded feeding on Ireland's only native lizard. A Dublin woman discovered the spider alongside the small, dead zootoca vivipara - or common lizard, a protected ...

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 ...