The discovery of the Chilean recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta) in Porto is the first record of this venomous species in ...

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A 23-year-old was lying in a hospital bed on Wednesday, hooked up to monitors, with a venomous spider bite swelling on his leg. Brown recluse venom can cause intense pain, blistering, and tissue death ...

Researchers have confirmed the first recorded presence of the Chilean recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta) in Portugal and across the Iberian Peninsula, following the discovery of two specimens in Porto.

Germany's nature conservation group NABU has for years tracked the spread of the giant Nosferatu spider. It has now reached the Baltic, common on Rügen and Usedom. How dangerous is it? View on euronew ...