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

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 ...

A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba.

A 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological Society called it ‘Europe’s largest spider’, and also being ...

The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a nursery in West Sussex after a shipment of olives from Cordoba was unloaded.

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

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One of Europe’s largest spiders was spotted in a delivery of olives from Spain this week, startling a nursery owner. The ...

"Honestly, we're a nursery so we see bugs and spiders all the time," he explained ... She has a huge appetite, having eaten five crickets since I took her in. My girlfriend has named her Bessie." ...