Famiy flees home after spiders hatch from banana
A mother and her family have fled their London home after dozens of the world's deadliest spiders hatched from a banana she was eating.
London's Daily Mail reports this morning that Consi Taylor saw the spiders fall from the banana she was halfway through eating after she inspected strange white spots on the fruit's skin.
The creatures fell on to her kitchen table before dozens of them started running off across the carpet
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Mrs Taylor, 29, her husband Richard, 37, and children Benjamin, three, and four-month-old Annabel were reportedly forced to leave their home in Hampton and stay in a hotel after a pest control firm said their house could be infested with lethal Brazilian Wandering Spiders.
"I got halfway through the banana when I saw something white on the skin. I thought it was mould but when I had a closer look I saw some funny looking spots," she told The Sun.
"I had a closer look and was horrified to see they were spiders."
The Brazilian Wandering Spider is considered the most venomous and deadly spider in the world. Photo: Supplied.
The Taylors returned the fruit to Sainsbury's supermarket and were given a £10 voucher.
The home was fumigated for three days and all their clothing professionally cleaned.
The supermarket eventually covered the hotel, cleaning and fumigation bills.
The Brazilian Wandering Spider is responsible for killing more people than any other arachnid. Victims usually die within an hour of being bitten.
It is also known as the 'banana spider' because of its habit of stowing away in shipments of the fruit.
The Wandering Spider gets its name because the species prefers to wander the jungle floor rather than live in a lair or maintain a web. They are found in tropical South America and Central America.
London's Daily Mail reports this morning that Consi Taylor saw the spiders fall from the banana she was halfway through eating after she inspected strange white spots on the fruit's skin.
The creatures fell on to her kitchen table before dozens of them started running off across the carpet
.
Mrs Taylor, 29, her husband Richard, 37, and children Benjamin, three, and four-month-old Annabel were reportedly forced to leave their home in Hampton and stay in a hotel after a pest control firm said their house could be infested with lethal Brazilian Wandering Spiders.
"I got halfway through the banana when I saw something white on the skin. I thought it was mould but when I had a closer look I saw some funny looking spots," she told The Sun.
"I had a closer look and was horrified to see they were spiders."
The Brazilian Wandering Spider is considered the most venomous and deadly spider in the world. Photo: Supplied.
The Taylors returned the fruit to Sainsbury's supermarket and were given a £10 voucher.
The home was fumigated for three days and all their clothing professionally cleaned.
The supermarket eventually covered the hotel, cleaning and fumigation bills.
The Brazilian Wandering Spider is responsible for killing more people than any other arachnid. Victims usually die within an hour of being bitten.
It is also known as the 'banana spider' because of its habit of stowing away in shipments of the fruit.
The Wandering Spider gets its name because the species prefers to wander the jungle floor rather than live in a lair or maintain a web. They are found in tropical South America and Central America.
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