'Gigantic' spider invades motorway in apocalyptic scenes – but it's not all it seems

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DevonLive.The collision happened at around 4.15pm and caused huge delays on the motorway, right back to Cheltenham with delays of up to one hour and 15 minutes.All lanes had reopened by 5.15pm, but delays remained.Of course, it wasn't a Shelob-sized spider that had crawled out of her lair from the pages of The Lord of The Rings which appeared on camera.The attention-seeking arachnid had taken a stroll along the lens of the camera between junctions 7 for Worcester and 8 for Evesham.This comes after the population of the false widow spider has experienced a massive increase in the UK in recent years.A new study has found that spider bites from noble false widows can be so dangerous they require hospital treatment.The insect, which is in the.