Deadly spider nest found in bananas bought in Staffordshire

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A STAFFORDSHIRE family were forced to flee their home after finding hundreds of potentially deadly spiders in a bunch of bananas.

Father-of-two Jamie Roberts, 31, spotted white patches on the fruit, but assumed it was mould.

But upon closer inspection he realised the fruit was infested with a spider nest.

He rang pest control who advised his family to leave their home immediately.

The spiders have not been officially identified but the family believe they could have been the worlds most poisonous Brazilian Wandering Spider.

Pest controllers spent 24 hours fumigating their Hednesford home.

Mr Roberts said: "It was terrifying - especially for me because I have a phobia of spiders. We bought the bananas from the local shop and there were in a fruit bowl on the window sill in the kitchen.

"One day I picked one up because it looked mouldy because it had patches of white on it.

"I knew something was wrong because then I noticed the white patches were all over the window sill and the curtains and I could see tiny legs and realised they were spiders.

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