A school in the Forest of Dean will be closed this week because of the false widow spider. It seems to have invaded the ICT block and other parts of the school. It is the UKs most venomous spider although there are no reported deaths in the 143 years that it has been found in the country. A young footballer was bitten recently and ended up having an operation to clear away the poison and described the whole experience as 'very painful'.
Amazing the sources of inspiration!
The False Widow Spider
Steatoda nobilis arrived in the
1870s
a brown and creamy source of pain.
Its’ bulbous body and reddish extremities
giving access to every room and
drain.
Steatoda nobilis likes it warm
and dark
it eats its kind and anything
that crawls.
A beast unlikely to remain in the
park
beware cracks and crevices in your
walls.
Steatoda nobilis UKs most venomous
spider
is as small as a fifty pence
piece and is cool.
The liquid power she wealds
inside her
strong enough to drive the children
from school.
Steatoda nobilis in the Forest of Dean
will be smokily driven from the
school buildings,
by fumigation to render
environment clean
but don’t take your eye from its
wanderings.
©David L
Atkinson October 2013
God Bless
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