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'Bat-eating false widow spider' discovered in UK after 'trapping prey in web'
spiders are becoming commonplace in the UK, especially in the autumn.But while in some cases spider bite victims have sustained nasty injuries, like lab technician Carl Jones who was left with a “flesh-eating” infection on his arm, most people attacked by False Widows just receive a small and relatively harmless bite.But it now appears bats might be in greater danger.A team of scientists has recorded a case of a noble false widow spider feeding on a baby bat in an attic in Shropshire.Artist Ben Waddams was in his attic when he discovered two bats snared in a spider web that had been spun across the entrance to their roost.One of the bats, a smallish pup, had been bitten and was in the process of being eaten by the spider. A second, larger bat was tangled in the web but didn’t appear to have been eaten.
