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

British Arachnological Society classified the species as Europe's largest back in 1989, but that hasn't fazed Jack Casson, a ...

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

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

A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider 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 ...

A Brit was in for a surprise when 'Europe's largest spider' – a venomous species with a 'huge appetite' – arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a ...

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