The Brazilian wandering spider's venom can kill a person in two hours.
A spider claimed to be the world's deadliest is feared to be on the loose in Britain after a family spotted a nest in a bunch of bananas.
Keith Hobbs and his wife Laura fled with their four children when told it was probably the Brazilian wandering spider, which can
have legs up to 15cm long and kill with its venomous bite.
They found the cocoon at their home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, on Thursday. "As soon as we knew what they were we just grabbed the kids, who were in their pyjamas, and ran out the house," Mr Hobbs, 32, told the Sun newspaper.
"We've spent the night in a hotel room. It's terrifying - it's like a bad dream." The family's nightmare began when Mrs Hobbs's parents bought them the bananas from an Aldi store in Leicestershire.
After she opened the bag and found the nest, her husband called police and contacted wildlife experts. The Aldi shop was temporarily shut on Friday but later reopened after no spiders were found.
