[Mrs Ivan]

These look remarkably like the huge scary gits that keep hiding in my laundry.

[taxed2death]

I was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider in August when I was clearing some brush from my property. Within 24 hours I had a hole in the top of my right foot as big as an egg. The skin just "melted" for lack of a better word. It was pretty gross and I'm thankful I listened to my GF and went to the hospital when I did. The doc said if I had waited another 24 hours I might have lost my foot. :(

[AmericaUnited]

A man spent three days in hospital after being bitten by a venomous spider now spreading across the country because of global warming

What scaremongering utter and total garbage!

[Caipirabob]

A man spent three days in hospital after being bitten by a venomous spider now spreading across the country because of global warming.

The Author immediately proves they are an idiot. It's going to take a lot to restain myself from smacking people who inject this into the conversation.

[StACase]

because of global warming.

You mean it's not Bush's fault?

[vamoose]

Global warming means that spiders which originate from southern Europe and North Africa and Asia are now more likely to be able to survive in Britain.

So heating bills in the UK must be getting lower and the growing season must be getting longer, enabling more food production. But I guess those benefits pale in comparison to a spider capable of putting someone in hospital for 3 days.

[opinionator]

A man spent three days in hospital after being bitten by a venomous spider now spreading across the country because of global warming.

When the first sentence of an article is such an outright lie, how can you believe the rest of it.

[opinionator]

So, a change of 1°C in the weather over the past 100 years caused this spider to spread?

[Redcloak]

Global warming caused bananas to be imported to Britain?

[FLOutdoorsman]

Those dam illegal immigrants[Spider]!!!

[dennisw]

Global warming -- WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! (Or get bitten by a brown recluse spider)

[Roy Tucker]

A man spent three days in hospital after being bitten by a venomous spider now spreading across the country because of global warming.

Global Warming, is there anything it's not capable of?

[Sarajevo]

I had a black Widow take up residence in my well house because of global warming...........it was cooler inside. /sarc

[Jaxter]

Wait a second! I thought global warming was supposed to turn the UK into an icebox. I'm confused. Does anybody have Al Gore's phone number?

[EmilyGeiger]

Personally I think it is because we can not use pest control poisons that are effective that is causing the spider to survive. But what do I know? I'm not an elitist or environmentalist. :)

[Mrs. P]

ping

[Mrs. P]

Everyone check your bananas!

[PJ-Comix]

I swear I thought this was going to be a Nancy Pelosi thread from the title. With her as the sister of Hillary.

[shezza]

Steatoda nobilis has a distinctive pattern on its abdomen. It is closely related to the widespread and common spider of houses and outhouses Steatoda bipunctata, but this species has little pattern, with a whitish line around the front of the abdomen and sometimes a line down the middle of the abdomen.

It was first recorded in Britain near Torquay in 1879.

Looks like the little invader hopped the channel pre-global warming.

[Little Ray]

A man spent three days in hospital after being bitten by a venomous spider now spreading across the country because of global warming.


Prove it

[Fawn]

Ewww...well keep them over there please.