The Spanish funnel-web spider is a venomous species with a ‘huge appetite’, and surprisingly made an appearance in West ...

A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to ...

A nursery owner in West Sussex got a shock after an eight-legged stowaway was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba, ...

The arachnid in question is a Macrothele calpeiana, or Spanish funnel-web spider, and gave folks quite a fright when they saw ...

The spider has since been taken in by enthusiast Jack Casson from Hartlepool, whose girlfriend named her Bessie.

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

British Arachnological Society classified the species as Europe's largest back in 1989, but that hasn't fazed Jack Casson, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

He said: 'The spider is venomous but isn't medically significant ... will look at them in a more positive light. 'None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider ...

He said, though the spider is venomous, it can’t kill humans ... them in a more positive light,’ he said. ‘None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider ...