It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A dad issued a warning over spiders in the UK - after a false widow bite left him arthritic when his limbs ballooned. Brian Smith had woken ...

‘Zombie spiders’ have invaded London after they were found hidden in a suburban home. Gareth Jenkins was working in a garden ...

They are big too, females being larger than males attaining up to 2cm in body length, whilst males at about 0.5cm are much smaller and easily overlooked. They are not dangerous to humans.

Horrifying photos show how his hand, arm, leg and even foot ballooned up as the venom ran rampant through his body.