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'It was like a horror movie'

British family terrorised by poisonous biting wolf spiders after they launched an attack on their home

Lyndsey Callaghan only found out that the spiders were venomous when she asked for advice on Facebook

A WOMAN has spoken of her horror when a plague of poisonous wolf spiders descended on her sister's family home in Berkshire.

Lyndsey Callaghan, 28, was stunned to see an invasion of venomous creepy crawlies, which appeared to be making their way closer to the family home.

A woman was shocked to discover her sister's garden was invaded with venomous spiders
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A woman was shocked to discover her sister's garden was invaded with venomous spidersCredit: Facebook

Despite being faced with hoards of the eight-legged arachnids, Lyndsey was able to get some close-up snaps of them as they scurried around the garden.

She told the Sun Online: "I first noticed the spiders just after the heatwave that we had, and there are hundreds of them!"

Lyndsey Callaghan said hundreds of spiders started appearing in the garden just after the heat wave
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Lyndsey Callaghan said hundreds of spiders started appearing in the garden just after the heat waveCredit: Facebook

Although Lyndsey isn't particularly scared of spiders she admitted that the invasion was like a scene from a horror film.

"I was freaked out, it was like a horror movie, they were everywhere," she told the

Wolf spiders have four sets of eyes on their head, these consist of two large ones and six smaller ones and they can grow up to 7cm in diameter making them the largest species of creepy crawlies in Europe.

Not knowing what the creatures were, Lyndsey posted on Facebook asking for advice, which is when she found out they are poisonous
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Not knowing what the creatures were, Lyndsey posted on Facebook asking for advice, which is when she found out they are poisonousCredit: Facebook

And while creature is poisonous, fortunately their bite isn't fatal, although it can cause a nasty swelling, something Lyndsey wasn't aware of until she asked for advice on Facebook.

Appealing to people on social media, Lyndsey posted a few snaps of the creepy crawlies on a Facebook group and others soon informed her about what they are.

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"I know nothing about them that's why I put it on the spider site on Facebook, and I did not know they bite", she explained.

But when asked if the family managed to remove the eight legged insects, Lyndsey told The Sun Online: "

"To be honest we haven't tried to get rid of them as when you go near them the run away quickly."

The creepy crawlies, known as wolf spiders, arrived in their swarms and Lyndsey said it was like a scene from a horror film
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The creepy crawlies, known as wolf spiders, arrived in their swarms and Lyndsey said it was like a scene from a horror filmCredit: Facebook

As the weather is heating up in the UK, there are fears that the beasts could be raiding more gardens over the coming months.

While the venomous insets are more active at night, there have been reports of victims losing limbs after becoming infected by the bite.

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