Tuesday 20 November 2012

Deadly black widow spider produces hundreds of babies in NORFOLK after hitching a lift in crate from Texas


  • Believed to be Britain's first infestation of a the deadly Black Widow spider
  • More than 100 baby Black Widows hatched from a small sack the 'size of a large pea'
  • Factory workers and office assistants were evacuated by pest control
  • Spiders thought to have entered the UK via imported machinery goods from Texas
  • Black Widow's bite reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's

Britain's first infestation of a the deadly Black Widow spider has been discovered in a machinery plant in East Norfolk.

Engineers at the plant discovered the notoriously viscous spider and after a Google search to identify it called in pest control. Factory workers and office assistants were evacuated by pest control officers as the spider was sealed in an air tight container.

A nest of eggs was later discovered in the same crate where the spider was originally found after more than 100 baby Black Widows hatched from a small sack the size of a pea.

'You could tell it was a Black Widow because of the hourglass pattern on the thorax and the aggressive stance the spider was taken once trapped in our containers,' said Ian Parkinson, a service manager at Abate Pest Control, who dealt with the request.

''We cordoned off the area in the yard where the spider was discovered and created a ring of insecticide around it. We then used electric and petrol based foggers on the rest of the site.
'After the factory was closed last night we then sprayed the office areas with a water-based insecticide as well.

'We are now satisfied that the premises is safe.'

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