Tipperary Mid West Radio
Jeepers Creepers! (Image: UK Natural History Museum)
Spider bites from Noble False Widows can be so severe that it requires hospital treatment, a new study has revealed.
The threat posed by the noble false widow spider has been debated among spider and healthcare specialists for many years.
The new study, published in the international medical journal Clinical Toxicology, confirms that some bite victims experience symptoms very similar to the true black widow spiders and some severe cases require hospital admission.
Originating from Madeira and the Canary Islands, the noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis, now has the potential to become one of the world’s most invasive species of spider.
Rone (Tyrone Wright, above) got to know his home town on a skateboard - the street sport of the street artist. He s returned with an exhibition of his huge, ethereal, stop-you-in-your-tracks paintings and installations at the Geelong Gallery. There s also an explanation of the three faces he painted on the cement silos above nearby Fyansford. The silos have since been demolished, but that s the fate of some street art. Rone in Geelong runs until May 16. See geelonggallery.org.au
THE ONE CAFE
For coffee and service of the kind urban Victorians have come to expect, make your way to Poco Cafe Expres in Geelong West (111 Pakington Street) and put yourself in the hands of Talya and Jared Cooper. They serve coffee in all its complexities along with cakes, pastries and focaccias. On Friday afternoon the ice buckets emerge for aperitivo with drinks and tapas-style food served until 8 or 9. See facebook.com/pococafeexpres