malformalady:A hairdresser has had one of her fingers amputated after a bite from a false widow sp
malformalady: A hairdresser has had one of her fingers amputated after a bite from a false widow spider led to her catching a flesh-eating bug. She was later diagnosed with the flesh-eating disease necrotising fasciitis, which medics said had been caused by the insect bite. Ms Wallace underwent 14 operations on her finger but eventually it had to be amputated. As Britain’s most venomous spider species, false widows made headlines last year when victims told how they had suffered huge wounds and almost lost limbs -- source link