Just of late, I've been looking over my shoulder a little more, searching behind pictures and peering into one or two dark corners. And it's all because of the warmer than usual month of September, Indian Summer, as some might choose to say. With legions of the arachnid, False Black Widows on the march, Britain's most venomous spiders are swarming over the UK.
Well perhaps not quite in those numbers, but their species is on the rise and most particularly along Britain's south coast, where they've always been prolific in numbers. Although there have been confirmed sightings as far north as Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
The bite of the spider, is said to be no worse than a wasp or bee sting (which is something of a relief) although they can cause an allergic reaction to some people.
This is the time of year when males are fully grown and start looking for a female, also the weather starts getting cooler and they will search for a potential place to build a nest, preferably indoors and close to humans, where they will find flies and various insects, providing food. Garages, outbuildings and the porch, provide lots of corners and clefts and places with good camouflage to see out the winter.
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