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False Widow Spiders Move Into Walthamstow

Arachnophobes should read no further; especially arachnophobes living in E17. A block of flats in Walthamstow had to be fumigated yesterday to destroy nests of false widow spiders. The creepy crawlies look just like the lethal black widow but, while its bite is nasty, it …

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The Saturday Strangeness

57. Eight-legged freaks! Although Hamsptead Heath’s leaf-strewn pathways, patches of shadowy thicket and lillypad littered ponds are ideal habitat for an abundance of wildlife, this idyllic spot in London has had its fair share of alien invaders when it comes to peculiar out-of-place animals. In …