The brown widow spider is considered one of the least dangerous. There are other, similar types of spiders not belonging to the same genus, such as the noble false widow and the false black widow.

Find out how to identify a false widow spider and work out which species you have seen. The noble false widow is most commonly reported. It is the largest of the UK's three most common false widow ...

Reports of false widow spiders continue to rise. The term false widow actually describes several species of spider, but the one that gains the most attention is Steatoda nobilis, the noble false widow ...

Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) at a public bus stop in the seaside resort of Lyme Regis, southern England. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

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Location: Originally from Madeira and the Canary Islands, but can now be found in Europe, North Africa, West Asia, South America and the U.S. The noble false widow spider is the most common ...

The noble false widow is one of these and its venom is 230 times more toxic than other native spiders. Official NHS data shows that almost 100 people were hospitalised with suspected spider bites ...