Property News · October 2, 2017

Should you be worried about this year’s ‘spider invasion’?


The warm summer has produced a bumper crop of arachnids creeping into our homes. Britain’s eight-legged beasts can give you a fright, and some can even bite – but are any really dangerous?’Tis the season when our lives become festooned with spiders. The humungous webs of plump orb-weaver spiders block our path outside, while indoors we are greeted by amorous male house spiders, which are not seeking to terrify us but simply searching for a mate. Some experts suggest this year’s warm summer will produce a bumper crop, although “invasions” of “sex-crazed” spiders are recycled every autumn by media arachnophobes.We have no deadly spiders in Britain, but are there any we should be scared of? “The likelihood of getting bitten by a spider is extremely rare,” says Andrew Whitehouse of the charity Buglife. “The vast majority of our British spiders are too small – they can’t get their jaws wide apart enough to nip you.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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