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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

False widow spider warning as baby bitten by UK’s ‘most venomous’ species

PA

Scientists have issued a warning on noble false widow spiders after a 15-week-old baby was bitten by one and taken to A&E in Ireland.

A mother said her son Charlie fell ill and had to be taken to hospital in an incident she described as traumatising.

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