You would have thought they'd have come up with a more imaginative name for them though. I'd be pretty pissed off if I was one of them. I'd want a much cooler name than "false widow"
What a crap story. Next up it will be a horde of vicious killer wasps, or lethal monster peanuts. Allergies are a b*****, but the spiders aren't actually all that dangerous. Besides, they're two inches long, unless there's no other possible option they're going to run away, not bite a giant pink fleshy human.
I hate them. All spiders in my house get one chance to be caught in a pint glass and released safely out the front. Failure to comply results in the Dyson treatment
I hate them. All spiders in my house get one chance to be caught in a pint glass and released safely out the front. Failure to comply results in the Dyson treatment
The old Dyson technique, I like it. I often like to go for some more gruesome approaches. Drowning them in a glass of water can be fun.
What a crap story. Next up it will be a horde of vicious killer wasps, or lethal monster peanuts. Allergies are a b*****, but the spiders aren't actually all that dangerous. Besides, they're two inches long, unless there's no other possible option they're going to run away, not bite a giant pink fleshy human.
They bloody well better not be two inches long! I think they're less than half an inch in reality
Steatoda nobilis is a spider in the genus Steatoda, commonly known in England as the noble false widow. While several species are worldwide known by the imprecise common name 'false widows', this often leads to misunderstandings about identities). As the common name of 'noble false widow' indicates, the spider superficially resembles, and is frequently confused for, the black widow and other venomous spiders in the genus Latrodectus. S. nobilis is native to Madeira and the Canary Islands from where it allegedly spread to Europe, and arrived in England before 1879, perhaps through bananas sent to Torquay. In England it has a reputation as one of the few local spider species which is capable of inflicting a painful bite to humans, although bites are a comparatively rare occurrence and alarmist media reports are often poorly founded.
The distribution of S. nobilis is expected to increase northwards in the UK, due at least partly to mild summers in recent years.
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http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Steatoda+grossa
It's worth noting that no-one in the UK has ever died from a spider bite, and hardly anyone ever gets bitten.
I love spiders.
I should really go and see a shrink.
Steatoda nobilis is a spider in the genus Steatoda, commonly known in England as the noble false widow. While several species are worldwide known by the imprecise common name 'false widows', this often leads to misunderstandings about identities). As the common name of 'noble false widow' indicates, the spider superficially resembles, and is frequently confused for, the black widow and other venomous spiders in the genus Latrodectus. S. nobilis is native to Madeira and the Canary Islands from where it allegedly spread to Europe, and arrived in England before 1879, perhaps through bananas sent to Torquay. In England it has a reputation as one of the few local spider species which is capable of inflicting a painful bite to humans, although bites are a comparatively rare occurrence and alarmist media reports are often poorly founded.
The distribution of S. nobilis is expected to increase northwards in the UK, due at least partly to mild summers in recent years.
they've been here ages.
poxy bananas/Torquay.