SCOTS have been left horrified after two pet tarantulas were spotted in residential streets- with one later meeting an untimely end. A video shared to social media showed one of the sizeable spiders ...

False widow spiders are believed to have first entered Ireland through fruit or exotic plants destined for garden centres. Photo: NUI Galway Noble false widow spiders, which are increasingly found in ...

Depending on your perspective, seeing a joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) for the first time is either an enchanting experience or an alarming emergency. These creatures are strikingly beautiful, ...

A consignment of exotic spiders, amphibians and reptiles concealed in boxes and falsely labelled as plants have been intercepted at Dublin airport, it emerged yesterday. A total of 78 exotic creatures ...

A Lanarkshire hypnotist and mind reader who was inspired by Derren Brown to launch a stage career has helped people to cure their fear of exotic spiders and snakes. Fraser Penman, from East Kilbride, ...

More than 100 lethal spiders ordered over the internet were discovered in a house. The killer black widow and funnel-web spiders, as well as scorpions and tarantulas, were discovered in the property ...

Every year, you may well notice a few eight-legged friends knocking around your home or garden. While some of us might find them unsettling, the majority of the spiders in the UK are relatively ...

Indian customs officers made the latest "significant" seizure of endangered wildlife from a passenger arriving from Thailand, a government statement said, carrying nearly 100 creatures including ...

THE exact location of a Carlow house that was infested by over 100 deadly spiders remains a mystery. The horror infestation was found in recent weeks after the National Exotic Animal Sanctuary (NEAS) ...

ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! has defended its use of non-native insects on the reality show, following reports that police are investigating whether non-native spiders and more could ...