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On October 23rd, Euronews reported that The Dean Academy in Gloucestershire had to temporarily close its doors to deal with a small infestation of 'False Widow' spiders.
Less than two weeks later, it was reported that a family had to leave their home in Hampton after finding a small colony of 'Brazilian Wandering' spiders on bananas that they had bought at their local supermarket.
Finally, an Australian news source reported that a fearsome-looking Huntsman spider had recently been found in a shipping container in East Sussex. The 17 centimeter-long arachnid had apparently hitched a ride in a container full of BMX parts.
Although there have been many over-the-top News headlines popping up around the web (see what I did there?), it is likely that majority of people in Britain are responding this way:
Hopefully, Great Britain will not experience the sort of spider "invasion" that took place on this Australian farm in 2012.
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