Spider experts fear arachnids have been unfairly blamed for a Hertfordshire man's breathing problem.
Mr Cowsley says he thought he "was going to die".
"They are predators and their main prey are insects, many of which eat our crops and pester our livestock," its website suggests.in Switzerland in 2017 found spiders have an enormous ecological impact as natural enemies of insects. They calculated that "the global spider population wipes out an estimated 400-800 million tons of prey every year".
Dr Matt Wilkinson, from Cambridge University's department of zoology, says: "There's a myth that you swallow about eight spiders a year in your sleep.It is unclear where the spider-swallowing story originated, but the myth is so embedded it has morphed into the stuff of urban legend, Dr Wilkinson says.
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