House spiders expected to terrify Britons (Picture: Flickr/ Phil)

Prepare for an invasion of giant house spiders in British homes over the next few weeks.

Experts said the arachnids will be crawling into homes as temperatures begin to drop in the next month.

The arthropods seek out warmer places at this time of year because they are looking to find a mate.

The mild summer also means the creepy critters have ballooned to enormous proportions – far larger and fatter than average.


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Don’t get too close (Picture: Flickr/ Clifton beard)

Insect numbers have seen a boost due to the weather, allowing the spiders to feast and flourish.

Spiders will stay in their webs until autumn. After that males become nomadic and craw into warm spaces in search of the female of the species.



‘This year has been seemingly a good one for the invertebrates which spiders feed on, and it’s quite mild out there,’ Professor Adam Hart, of the University of Gloucestershire told The Mirror.

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Prof Hart claims Britons have nothing to fear with the increase in spiders – in fact he even claims we should be grateful as they offer a pest control service.

Giant spider sightings are already being reported, including in Teeside and County Carlow, Ireland.

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