Spider Eggs Look Like Rock Candy (But Don't Eat Them)

By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | June 27, 2018 05:46pm ET

Spider eggs come in brilliant colors and look like candy, as was demonstrated by a striking photo shared to Twitter on June 26.

But lest you be tempted to "taste the rainbow," please hold back, as some spider eggs are known to be toxic, according to a study published in August 2017 in the Journal of Arachnology.

In the image, two vials hold egg clusters from two Australian spider species: One clutch is a brilliant green and comes from a huntsman spider in the Holconia genus, and the other eggs are vibrant yellow and laid by Cyrtophora, or tent-web spiders.

These translucent eggs look a lot like a delicious gummy candy, though when the tweet was circulated around the Live Science newsroom, one of the editors noted that the eggs would be "THE WORST CANDY EVER." [5 Spooky Spider Myths Busted]

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Did 'Deadly' Spider Eggs Really Hitch a Ride on Imported Bananas?

By Elizabeth Palermo, Staff Writer | September 10, 2014 04:43pm ET

It's enough to make you do a double take the next time you unpack your groceries! A recent British news report claimed that imported bananas could playhost to a certain species of venomous spiders.

A woman in Essex, England, recently discovered that a bunch of bananas delivered to her home by a local grocer was infested with spider eggs. Pest control was called and reportedly identified the eggs as those belonging to the "immense and deadly" Brazilian wandering spider, according toMSN New Zealand.

But don't let this eerie tale come between you and your favorite fruit. It's unlikely that the woman's bananas were truly infested with deadly spider eggs, said Richard Vetter, a retired professor of entomology at the University of California, Riverside.

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