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A man who was bitten by Britain's most venomous spider has discovered another huge bright ORANGE arachnid in his garden.

Alex Michael, 37, went in search of false widow spiders after his hand turned yellow black from a bite while he slept.

To ensure he wouldn't be bitten again, he set out to track down more false widows in his garden, in Sidcup, Kent, - but stumbled upon this bright orange spider with hairy legs.

Alex, a tattooist, said: "It is unbelievable - I have never seen anything like it and I can’t find anything like it on the internet.

"It is bright carrot orange with hairy legs and is definitely not native to England. It has the same markings as the false widow that bit me."

Alex said he spotted the orange monster on the wall during one of his routine creepy crawly checks.

He said: "Since I have been bitten I’m out in the garden every single night with a torch and a spray can because I’m not getting bitten again.

"We were in the tattoo shop and I said let’s have a look in the alleyway. Half an hour later I just saw this orange thing sitting on the wall."

Alex is now keeping the spider inside a container in his shop until he is able to identify it.

He added: "It can’t get out. It is so big it can hardly lift its own body weight.

"I have been asking customers when they come in the shop but no one knows what it is. They can’t believe what it is.

"I have had the bloke next door who has been on the computer since 10am this morning looking for details.

"The closest thing we have come across is the potato spider. It says online that it is highly venomous."