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Spider bite hospital admissions on the rise in England
- Provisional NHS figures show hospital admissions from spider bites in England reached 100 in 2025, more than doubling the 47 cases recorded in 2015, according to a freedom of information request by the Press Association.
- Dr. Michel Dugon, a zoologist at the University of Galway, attributed the increase to an "explosion in the population of noble false widow" spiders, which prefer living in or near houses, increasing human contact.
- Oxford University ecologist Clive Hambler described the species as "the most dangerous spider breeding in Britain," warning that "the days when you could just treat spiders as benign in Britain are over."
- Adam Hart, a professor of science communication at the University of Gloucestershire, noted that while false widows have "expanded their range," most bites are mild and severe reactions are rare.
- Dugon cautioned that increased media coverage may lead people to misattribute other injuries to spiders, adding that 100 cases in England remains relatively minor.
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In England, the number of people hospitalized after a spider bite has doubled in ten years. Experts point to the proliferation of the black fake widow, an invasive species whose venom and...
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