Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite ...

Dr Dugon said: “This suggests the noble false widow is responsible for the overwhelming majority of genuine spider bites occurring in the UK and Ireland and it is very unlikely that someone ...

“This suggests the noble false widow is responsible for the overwhelming majority of genuine spider bites occurring in the UK and Ireland and it is very unlikely that someone would sleep through ...

There are around 650 species of spiders in the UK Public health experts say spider bites in the UK are rare and false widow bites, at worst, only produce mild symptoms which subside within a few days.