Guinness World Records in 2010 listed the Brazilian wandering spider as the most venomous in the world. Sometimes known as the "banana spider", they often hide in banana plants and are found ...

A terrified London family has had to move home after venomous Brazilian Wandering Spiders began hatching in their house – out of a bunch of Sainsbury’s bananas. Consi Taylor, 29, mum to Benjamin, ...

Measuring over a foot long and weighing more than a banana, these are the biggest spiders in the world. Interestingly, while ...

Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid ...

a giant crab spider appeared in a box filled with bananas. The animal was still crawling around, but the man managed to catch the poisonous giant spider and raise the alarm. The emergency services ...

When a human gets bit by the venomous Brazilian banana spider (Phoneutria nigriventer), their initial symptoms — rash, sweating, nausea — may sound normal for a spider bite. But what may ...