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The risk of encountering a False Widow Spider in your home will increase as temperatures fall, the National Poisons Information Centre, Ireland has warned.&nbsp...

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Pest experts have warned that false widow spider populations are on the rise and that people may find them in their homes as the weather remains miserable.

The discovery was made by Dawn Sturgess at a home in England, with researchers from Galway publishing the details.

The spider attack came after a study came out, stating that the venom of a false widow spider is 230 times greater than your average eight-legged freak.

False widow spiders are up 230 times more venomous than native Irish species – but they only bite humans in rare situations.

"They have tarantulas in Cyprus?!" One TikTok user returned home from vacation with more than a tan.

Russell Davies told the BBC that the bites feel like there are "shards of glass" in "every part" of his body.

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