All news on the topic: Spiders

Spiders could be handy creatures to keep around if you suffer with seasonal allergies like hay fever

If you're scared of spiders, look away now, as a woman has revealed how she discovered a very large and very hairy eight-legged traveller in her luggage after visiting a tropical country

Do you believe in ghosts? One woman captured a particularly strange-looking creature on film and believed it was a spooky intruder – but experts reckon it could be something else entirely

Spiders can be a real problem in British homes - but there are ways of keeping them at bay. They can live indoors all year round even if they are most visible at mating season

As the temperatures start to rise, it seems more of us could be in for an eight-legged invasion, but fear not spider haters as several common household plants hold the key to banishing them for good

WARNING GRAPHIC: Ketisley Aparecida Freitas Lessa discovered the bite after taking a rest on her bed - despite seeking medical help immediately, doctors prescribed her painkillers and sent her home

Office staff at the school in Croydon, south London, screamed when the huge huntsman spider - a Heteropoda venatoria - jumped out of the box of bananas and onto the floor

The three-inch-long fen raft spiders have been spotted again after bouncing back from the brink of extinction in Britain - the huge arachnids were sighted at two nature reserves last month

Tiny jumping spiders, plus 500 other species, were discovered as part of a BioBlitz nature survey last year at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall

Scientists discovered a new exotic species of jumping spider around a university campus in Cornwall - and Brits are being told to expect more of them thanks to global warming

The stowaway creepy-crawly was found in a warehouse among boxes that had come from China. The worker who found it believes it had died during the month-long journey by boat

A man filmed the moment a whole host of tiny harvestmen spiders scrambled all over his hands and arms, in horrifying footage that would make most people's skin crawl

During a chat with Sir David Attenborough, Princess Charlotte reveals spiders are her favourite animals, and the broadcaster agreed with her, saying they are 'wonderful things'

Genna Hunt, from Hampshire, thought her daughter had suffered an allergic reaction after she woke up covered in a rash -she was shocked to discover her child had been bitten by a false widow spider

The bite from Britain's 'most dangerous' spider left five-year-old Lily Hodgson from in Eastleigh, Hampshire, covered 'head to toe' in rashes and unable to walk properly because of the pain

Keep spiders out of your kitchen by using a natural solution that they cannot stand - and making some change to your cleaning habits. Here's everything you need to know

Jason Skimming who runs a garage business in Ayrshire was astonished when he saw the huge spider walking into his premises and says the fur-covered insect has taken over his workshop

TikToker Grace, who posts videos as @graces__adventures, jokingly warned people not to visit the Indonesian island of Bali after encountering a truly terrifying sight

‌Aaron Phoenix, 36, has rescued over 100 spiders in the last year alone and has to breed bugs to feed his massive collection, which he keeps in his “tarantula cave” in Yate, Gloucs

Auri Kananen, 30, spent three days scrubbing the house in Miami, Florida which had the "worst fridge" she has ever seen to help a mum and her 13-year-old daughter

The monster, dubbed “Hercules”, was discovered by a member of the public in Australia’s Central Coast region, about 50 miles north of Sydney and now has a new job

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Matthew from Surrey complained to his mum on Christmas Day of discomfort in his leg - but mum Sarah just thought her son had a graze, not a venomous spider bite

Busted singer James Bourne has revealed he was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a black widow spider, with the Year 3000 singer admitting the health scare was 'serious'

The tourist was travelling through the Philippines at the time, and managed to capture a snap of the furry-legged arachnid before running out of the loo as fast as possible

Kristy Griffin let a huntsman spider stay in her bedroom in New South Wales, Australia, to hatch hundreds of babies as she didn't have the heart to turf the arachnid out