A SOUTHPORT office worker went to Woolworths for a bite, but he didn’t expect to find two redback spiders in his bag of grapes.

Mike O’Neill claims he found the venomous arachnids in a 1kg bag of white seedless grapes from the Australia Fair supermarket yesterday afternoon.

Sitting at his desk to enjoy the snack, he initially thought he’d seen hair in the bag, but a closer inspection revealed it was spiderwebs.Have you found things in your food that shouldn’t be there? Let us know in comments belowRELATED: HOW DID THIS MOUSE GET INSIDE A SUSHI ROLL?

Then he claims he felt something tickling his hand.

“There was a redback spider crawling on my hand,” he said.

“I flicked it off – it was a bit comical because I’m absolutely terrified of spiders.”

Mr O’Neill photographed the remaining spider, its web wrapped around stems of the fruit, before returning the bag to the store.

“I went in and (the customer service staff member) was like, ‘sorry about that’ and he offered me $3 off my next shop,” Mr O’Neill said.

Venomous animal scientist Jamie Seymour said typical reactions to a redback bite were “sweating, muscle aches and pains, nausea or headache and severe pain”.

A Woolworths spokeswoman said the company would investigate the incident “and will be in touch with our supplier to ensure they are following the correct quality processes”.

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