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One Of Britain Largest Spiders, The Great Fox-Spider, Thought To Have Gone Extinct, Was Spotted In The Ministry of Defence Training Ground In Surrey. The Spider, A 5cm Wide Arachnid, Was Last Spotted 27 Years Ago On Hankley Common In Surrey. The Great Fox-Spider Is A Night Time Hunter And Is Known For Its Speed, Agility, And 8 Black Eyes.

Huge spider assumed extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/31/huge-spider-assumed-extinct-in-britain-discovered-on-mod-site-aoe

Described as ‘gorgeous’ by the man who found it, the great fox-spider has not been seen since 1993