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Message warns that certain kinds of cacti can harbour large tarantula spiders that will be explosively released from the plants when they reach maturity.

According to a message that is currently going viral on Facebook, a new deadly spider is spreading across the USA. Supposedly, five people in the last week have died after being bitten by this new “spider from hell”.

Circulating message claims that a series of attached photographs show trees cocooned in spider webs after millions of spiders climbed up into trees to take refuge from floods in Pakistan.

NOTE: If you are arachnophobic, you may find the image in this report disturbing. Circulating message claims that an attached image depicts a huge “Angolan Witch Spider” photographed on the side of a house in Texas.

Circulating message claims that a family of six died after making tea from a kettle of water that contained a violin spider. 

Circulating message warns you to watch out for a very dangerous ‘new known spider’ that is spreading across Australia. The message includes a picture of the spider along with a series of images supposedly depicting a wound caused by a bite from one of the spiders

Circulating ‘News’ snippet claims that Volat-Araneus, a dangerous species of flying spider, will migrate to the UK this year.

Message with attached photographs of two large camel spiders being held up by a soldier claim that the creatures are a danger to troops stationed in Iraq.