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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Due to the slow season, the park needs more male funnel-web spiders whose venom is essential for antivenom production. Spider keeper Emma Teni said the zoo needs the public’s help “now more ...

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 ...

Millions of Australians are being warned to look out for the world's most venomous spider as wet weather season begins. Funnel-web spiders are a regular cause for concern in NSW, but the ...

Picture: Supplied Australian Reptile Park seeking funnel web spider donations. Picture: Supplied Spider keeper Emma Teni said the zoo needed the public’s help “now more than ever”.