Killer spiders invade Britain
Killer spiders invade Britain
The deadly Australian redback spider. Pic from www.thesun.co.uk
Scary spiders from Down Under with a painful bite that can KILL are being found all over Britain.
The Australian redback, a relative of the Black Widow, is one of the deadliest in Oz. Experts warn it is part of a wave of foreign creepy-crawlies invading us including the German Cockroach and Pharaoh Ant. They arrive in imports and travellers' luggage.
Redbacks were found all over the country, including a dozen at a factory in Preston, Lancs. Pea-sized with a red stripe, their bite causes pain, swelling, nausea, chest pain, fever and responsible for 14 deaths in Oz.
Others in a pest control poll were: GERMAN COCKROACHES: Over-running world. Stink. Hard to kill.
PHARAOH ANTS: From Africa. Love hospitals. Feed on wounds.
STINK ANTS: From Africa. Smell of rotten coconuts. 100,000 in group.
CRAZY ANTS: From Oz. Named because they zig-zag. Painful bite.
Richard Mosley, of the British Pest Control Association, said: "These insects are on the move."
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