Stuart Hine, manager of the Insect Identification Service at the Museum, talks about the false widow spider. Originally from southern Europe, the spider is now established in the south and east of England.
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Our fossil insect collection includes Rhyniognatha hirsti, the world's oldest fossil insect, dating back some 400 million years.