Footage has emerged of a false widow spider hiding on a caravan's gas bottle - after a man came across it while accidentally getting close to the creature.<br /><br />The video, captured on Thursday in Newquay, Cornwall, UK, shows the spider and its web hidden on the inside next to the bottle's handle.<br /><br />The filmer later said: "I was moving the gas bottle on the back of my caravan down on the holiday park, I moved my hand and saw it and thought 'my god it's a false widow, it could have bit me!'"<br /><br />False widows are reported to be 'invading' the UK in the coming weeks due to weather conditions - a warm year without extreme flooding followed by a recent temperature dip causing them to seek shelter and a mate.<br /><br />A three-year-old girl was hospitalised by one earlier this month and others have fallen victim to their dangerous attacks.
