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A Natural History Museum expert has warned that global warming is giving invasive poisonous spiders the chance to thrive in Britain.
The false widow spider, Steatoda nobilis, was first recorded in the UK in 1897, according to the museum.
The female's bite can hospitalise an adult man. One victim reported: "Bitten on the shoulder. Initially the top of my arm ached, then felt itchy. Ten minutes later my armpit became numb. The skin was hot and sticky and looked wrinkled. The tenderness and itchiness lasted for some days (later said to be infected)."
Other effects include flu-like symptoms, stiffness, a burning sensation, and pain "more severe than a bee or wasp sting".
Until recently, the false widow's spread had been stymied by harsh weather. It was not fully established until the 1980s, but is now spreading rapidly east and north from its Dorset stronghold, and bite incidents are increasing.
Entomologist Stuart Hine told Thisislondon.co.uk: "There is no doubt in my mind that this is due to the milder winters caused by global warming.
"They are all surviving the winter and are crawling out of hibernation earlier to mate. The numbers have just rocketed into the hundreds of thousands."
Hine warned gardeners to be on the lookout for the new menace.
Why is the media talking through its ass as usual, its very very very rare you would react badly to a bite, and the majority of people report it being similar to a bee sting, and the chances of it biting you are SOOOOO low you have to be so very very very unlucky to get bit by one, spiders will not bit anything thats bigger than them on purpose, only time you will get bitten if they mistake your finger etc for pray, or they have no other choice(stuck in your hand etc).
Spiders defense is to run and hide, not to bite.
And arachnophobia is a cool film until the end, where the final i think it was the female was crawling up his leg, and you could see the big wood block it was connected to, coming out of its ass lol.
the spider in your image is a Red back spider commonly found in Western Australia and so far has no recorded deaths but that doesnt mean its not possible to die from it's bite.
Why is the media talking through its ass as usual, its very very very rare you would react badly to a bite, and the majority of people report it being similar to a bee sting, and the chances of it biting you are SOOOOO low you have to be so very very very unlucky to get bit by one, spiders will not bit anything thats bigger than them on purpose, only time you will get bitten if they mistake your finger etc for pray, or they have no other choice(stuck in your hand etc).
Spiders defense is to run and hide, not to bite.
And arachnophobia is a cool film until the end, where the final i think it was the female was crawling up his leg, and you could see the big wood block it was connected to, coming out of its ass lol.
i just found this article on a website i frequent dont panic...
Poisonous spiders invade Britain
It'll make you forget all about this little spider...
until the end, where the final i think it was the female was crawling up his leg, and you could see the big wood block it was connected to, coming out of its ass lol.
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