More sightings of the venomous Nosferatu spider in Berlin
From BZ/dpa
The Nosferatu spider from the Mediterranean region is now increasingly appearing in Berlin.
Because of global warming, it is also spreading in the north, and since August it has repeatedly been reported by Berliners as sighted on the Internet reporting portal of the Nature Conservation Union (Nabu), as reported by the “Berliner Morgenpost”.
That was “no surprise,” said Derk Ehlert, wildlife officer in the Berlin Senate, the newspaper. Like many other species, spiders migrate northward.
In fact, on August 17, someone in Berlin reported the sighting of the spider to Nabu for the first time, as can be read in the portal. Further reports and photos of sightings throughout the city followed, also because media reports had recently drawn attention to the spider, as a user on the site writes.
Another woman writes about the spider: “Sat hidden inside the parasol on the balcony. They must have bitten when the umbrella opened. Bite mark resembles a wasp sting or small burn.”
The Nosferatu spider, which is about four centimeters in size, has been widespread for many years, especially in the warmer regions of southern and western Germany, and has changed significantly compared to Berlin, as the map from the Nature Conservation Union shows.
She is so named because she is said to have the face of the vampire Nosferatu from the 1922 silent film on her body.