Millions of false widow spiders, Britain's version of deadly spiders, are currently busy rooming in with the British. They are in search of the warmest rooms inside each British home as the autumn temperature continues to drop.
According to Yahoo News, next bedrooms these spiders may also set shop in toilets, kitchens and lofts. Garages and even conservatories are also fair game. As soon as the spiders are able to find a suitable home, they will normally breed.
False widow spiders are characterised by the distinctive skull shape on their bodies. Their bite may be as painful as the sting of a bee but they will never attack unless they sense a threat. A bite may be fatal to a person who has allergy to bites of this nature, especially if the wound is left untreated.
Pest management consultant Clive Boase advises, "We've had a reasonably warm year with very few cold snaps and no particularly extended periods of either dry or wet weather."
"Sightings of spiders often peak from September as males of many species reach adulthood and venture into homes in search of a mate, but we could be seeing a lot more of them than normal over the next month or two."
Although no death has been reported in the UK as a result of false widow spider bites the Mail tells the story of 16-year old Casey O'Neill who has had to go into hospital and walk on crutches during one month of pain and treatment after what she thought was a bite from this spider.
Spokesman Lawrence Bee of the British Arachnological Society relates: 'The males are looking for females so they are moving around at the moment. My gut feeling is that the serious wounds on people are the result of a secondary infection rather than the original bite.'
