View Brazilian Wandering Spider Found In Bananas Pictures. In a statement obtained by the sun, a spokesperson for tesco said, we have strict controls to ensure all our bananas are washed and inspected prior to packing. Brazilian wandering spiders, also called armed spiders or banana spiders, belong to the genus phoneutria, which means murderess in greek.

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Brazilian wandering spider vs black widow. Phoneutria is a genus of spiders in the family ctenidae of potential medical significance to humans. There are eight species of brazilian wandering spider, all of which can be found in brazil.

In this case, an expert from the local zoo looked at the specimen and decided it wasn't a brazilian wandering spider, just a local variety, and the supermarket was.

The spider doesn't always deliver a full dose of venom when it bites, though. In 2005 a brazilian wandering spider hiding in a shipment of bananas bit a man in england, who was treated and survived. A family from london was forced to flee its home after discovering dozens of the poisonous brazilian wandering critters crawling over the fruit. This video from a consumer posted on youtube shows the moment he realised his banana had come with spider eggs attached, after slicing the banana with a knife.