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A mum was given the shock of her life when she discovered eggs from the 'world’s deadliest spider’ in her Tesco bananas.

Abby Woodgate, 30, thought her newly delivered bananas had mould on them.

But when she poked the bunch with a toothpick , a cocoon opened, revealing dozens of tropical eggs.

She called her local Tesco store, which had delivered the shopping to her home in Colchester, Essex, and was told pest control experts would come to her home.

She later discovered the eggs were from the Brazilian wandering spider - which are extremely aggressive and venomous.

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The mum-of-one said: "I couldn't believe it when the little cocoon opened. I thought it was just some mould and I was trying to get it off so I could use the rest of the bunch.

"Even when I saw what was in it - it looked just like frog spawn - I still didn't think the worst.

"But then it dawned on me and I jumped and threw them in the bin."

Mrs Woodgate said: "The pest controllers asked where the eggs were and I told them the bin and they said 'right, we'll take that'.

"Then they asked had anything else come into contact with the eggs, and I told them about my vacuum cleaner, so they said 'we'll have to take that too'.

"All they could tell me is they thought they were tropical spider eggs."

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Spider experts have told her it was unlikely the tropical eggs would hatch because it was not warm enough in the UK and there were no adult spiders with them.

They also said it was not absolutely necessary to fumigate her home. Mrs Woodgate said: "That's good news, but I'm still on the lookout for anything about the place.

If I see one, I've been told it's safe to squash it, as you might do other spiders.

"My husband is better at that, so that'll be his job."

Tesco has offered to replace her bin and the cleaner.

A spokesman said: "We set ourselves high standards for the food we sell and were concerned to hear of this incident.

"We've offered Mrs Woodgate a gesture of goodwill and will be asking our supplier to investigate."