Five of Scotland's scariest and weirdest spiders
The Wildlife Information Centre, the British Arachnological Society and other organisations have launched a new survey aimed at developing a more detailed picture of Scotland's eight-legged creepy crawlies.
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Here are five of the oddest and most frightening species which can be found north of the border. Arachnophobes should look away.