Where you’ll find them: Black widows prefer to dwell in places ... According to the National Wildlife Federation, the American house spider is the spider most commonly found in homes in the ...

The male cupboard spider only lives for a few months, whereas the female can live two years. The robust black house spider is ...

"Things like house spiders, where they have funnel-shaped webs everywhere around houses and in every nook and cranny," Mr Shoard said. "They are also black and can get quite big, so people assume ...