Tuesday, October 5, 2010

An arachnophobe's worst nightmare: Girl finds eight green-fanged spiders in her house (and yes, they do have a nasty bite)

Creepy: Jessica Buston, 13, was terrified when she came across these green fanged critters living in her house. Luckily, although they do bite if disturbed, they are not dangerous to humans
Hole in the wall: The creepy critters - a type of funnel spider - are the second largest found in Britain. They build webs in little holes, emerging at lightning speed to catch their prey when they feel them tugging at the web
It's every arachnophobe's worst nightmare - spiders with giant green fangs who wait until it's dark to pounce on unsuspecting passers-by.
But that's the terrifying scenario in one Devon house which has become home to a colony of rare segestria florentinas.
Jessica Buston, 13, discovered eight of the creepy crawlies - which measure up to an inch in body-length - living in holes at her house in Exeter, Devon.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317645/Spiders-GREEN-FANGS-discovered-Devon.html



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