Gradually, week by week, spring is coming, and wildlife species emerge. In local woods there are great tits, wood pigeons, and mistle thrushes singing, and more insistent with the passing days.

On rare occasions, hobo, huntsman, jumping, or nursery web spiders may be faulted for appropriating the flairs of wolf spiders, as you'll learn below. Quick tip: When in doubt, peep into their ...

The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a nursery in West Sussex after a shipment of olives from Cordoba was unloaded. The nursery owner, who asked not to be named, said: 'My son, who was ...

A venomous spider with a 'huge appetite' was an unpleasant surprise inside a delivery of olives for a horrified nursery owner. 'Europe's largest' Spanish funnel-web spider was found at the West ...

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 appetite", was spotted by ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a plant nursery in ...

A nursery owner was in for a surprise when a large venomous spider with a “huge appetite” arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s ...

One of Europe’s largest spiders was spotted in a delivery of olives from Spain this week, startling a nursery owner. The Spanish funnel-web spider is a venomous species with a ‘huge appetite ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted ...