https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Residents of Nickelsdorf in Burgenland are afraid to go into their gardens after a plague of wolf spiders - also known as South Russian tarantulas - descended on the small town. https://www.thelocal.at/20140924/austrian-town-invaded-by-wolf-spiders Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:52:37 +0200 austrian-town-invaded-by-wolf-spiders The regional volunteer fire service in Schwanenstadt in Upper Austria was called out to rescue a wandering tarantula on Friday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.at/20140816/tarantula-captured-in-schwanenstadt-in-upper-austria Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:41:00 +0200 tarantula-captured-in-schwanenstadt-in-upper-austria A woman golfer got quite a shock while playing a round of golf at the Schloss Tillysburg golf course at St. Florian, near Linz, when she discovered a tarantula spider lurking near the fairway. https://www.thelocal.at/20140625/tarantula-found-on-golf-course Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:28:00 +0200 tarantula-found-on-golf-course