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

zero deaths have been reported due to funnel-web spiders. Hercules, named for his size, measures 7.9 centimeters (or 3.1 inches). Per ARP's social media statement, female funnel-web spiders are ...

the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales. 2 centimeters) from foot to foot. Its size is so extraordinary ...

Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus ... "we thought for sure he had to be a female because of his size," she said, "but upon closer inspection, he's a boy." ...

As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the ...

they have a similar size and shape to Atrax and Hadronyche. However, those with more familiarity with spiders can consistently tell funnel-web spiders from their less dangerous cousins.

A nursery owner in West Sussex got a shock after an eight-legged stowaway was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba, ...

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 ...