As Britain has basked in weeks of warm weather, spiders have grown in size – and they are setting up camp in YOUR garages before heading into homes when the cold weather hits.
And with the dark corners of the garage providing the perfect protection for the arachnids, there could be as many as 3,000 of them lurking in the shadows.
Mating season has also begun so some of those spiders may also be carrying egg sacs containing hundreds more looking for warm areas to live.
"I know [false widows] can bite, and they can be quite nasty.
"I thought it was interesting too because people in Milton Keynes have been talking about seeing bigger spiders at the moment."
And the false widow wasn't the only thing he discovered inside.
Alan added: "We’ve had over a 100 Daddy Longlegs in there, loads of house spiders too – some have been very, very big.
"My garage seems to have become a haven for spiders."
Garages in Britain may be home to tube spiders, false widows, giant house spiders and the 14cm cardinal spider – the biggest spider in the UK.
Giant spider sightings have surged in the UK over the past few months, with the warm weather blamed for their growth.
A spider with GREEN FANGS was discovered living outside a Devon man's home by a terrified dad-of-three this week.
Darren Driscoll spoke of his panic when he saw the dreaded tube spider – which can move at frightening speeds and can inflict viscious bites.
He said: "By the look of it I would say it had more than doubled in size from when I first saw it two months ago.
"I think it is a tube-web spider, and I was surprised to hear it has such a painful bite, like being stabbed with a nail."
Earlier this year we reported on the deadly redback spider being spotted in Britain.
The beasts – also known as the TOILET SPIDER for setting up home under loo seats – are native to Australia but there have been confirmed sightings in the UK.
And spider experts reckon they may ALREADY be in UK homes as they search for warm places to live.
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Source:- http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/402480/Giant-spiders-UK-sightings-false-widow-house-garage
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