Craig Harrison, 35, was opening a package of bananas he had bought from a Tesco grocery store in the UK when he noticed a giant female spider and a bag containing 200 eggs."
"I don't think I've ever had such a horrible reaction before. I was totally taken aback when I found out," Harrison told Caters.
Spiders are not only large but also venomous. The hunter spider, the largest spider in the world, is capable of inflicting quite painful bites, though they are not typically fatal, according to Live Science. This particular spider can grow to have a leg span of up to 1 foot.
Harrison explained that he didn't know there was an egg-laying spider in the bag of bananas when he picked it up at the store.
According to Harrison, he was unaware that there was a Huntsman spider concealed in the package he had picked up at the store. He stated that the spider had been camouflaged among the bunch of bananas, holding onto its egg sac.
Harrison, who works in IT, said he only noticed the creepy bug after seeing the bag move and the hunter escape from it.
Realizing the horror he saw, Harrison picked up the creature, sealed it in a Tupperware box, and took it to the supermarket's pest control service.
After receiving the spider, the supermarket confirmed that the bag of bananas came from the Dominican Republic, more than 4,000 miles from the English town of Windsor, where Harrison lives.
There is no information about the fate of the spider or its unborn child.
Harrison is now advising people to carefully examine prepackaged produce to ensure that they do not contain unexpected organisms. "It's possible for creatures to enter our homes this way," he said, urging others to be cautious when purchasing prepackaged fruit and vegetables.
Harrison stated that he will check all of his prepackaged fruit from now on or, ideally, buy them in bulk.
