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All supermarkets have been put on high alert because of a venomous false widow spider, and experts say they are on the increase.

They latch on to your body without you kowing and bite you when you are at your most relaxed state

Many people from the headingley area have been bitten and have had to go to the emergency room.

Sightings of Steatoda nobilis, the false widow spider, are on the rise. It is being cited as Britain's most venomous spider, and it is spreading to houses via fresh fruit batches.

But experts say
The species is becoming more common and more widespread, says John Tweddle from the life sciences department at the Natural History Museum, London.
He says that "it's not an influx as such, rather that existing populations are expanding".

And being bitten by one is not very common, explains Dr Tweddle. It's much less common than a bee or a wasp sting.

"There have been very few confirmed incidences of bites from Steatoda nobilis, although adult female false widow spiders are certainly capable of biting humans if handled without due care - the smaller males are not known to cause bites.
"It is not an aggressive species towards humans and is most likely to bite when accidentally prodded or squashed, or trapped in clothing."

The false widow is believed to have arrived in Britain in crates of fruit from the Canary Islands in the late 19th Century, with the first reported sighting in Torquay in 1879.
The species has most likely spread as a response to a changing climate, adds Dr Tweddle.

"We're expecting the species to continue to increase its distribution within the UK. We tend to spot spiders most frequently during the Autumn as this is when many of the UK's larger species reach maximum size, so are most visible."

The symptoms of a bite range from feelings of numbness, severe swelling and discomfort, to various levels of burning or chest pains. The severity of the symptoms depends on the amount of venom that was injected.

Although a bite is very uncomfortable, it's no stronger than a wasp sting, says Mark Champion from the Wildlife Trust. There is also a greater chance of dying from a wasp or bee sting, he adds

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