- 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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