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Jonathan Coles

Tesco shopper horrified after 'finding stowaway spider' in South African grapes

A supermarket shopper was left horrified after she says she found a stowaway spider in her punnet of South African grapes.

Tara Jones, 25, shared grim images of the little beasts she claims were crawling around a fruit bunch purchased from her local Tesco in Pontypridd, Wales.

Pictures show a large brown spider surrounded by dozens of little white spiders as they roam around in the red grapes.

A white nest is also visible in the snaps, which mum Tara shared on Facebook on Thursday.

She posted: "If anyone is buying grapes from Tesco make sure you check them because I've just found a spiders nest in mine."

What do you think of Tara's find? Let us know in the comments below.

And speaking today, Tara said: "Me and my son were sitting on the sofa eating the grapes.

"My little boy noticed the white sack and said: 'Mam, what's that?'.

"I thought it was mould at first, then I saw a little white thing move so I put my torch on my phone and saw it was a spider and her babies.

"The grapes were from South Africa so God knows what kind of spider it was.

"I wasn't happy when I saw them because me or my son could have eaten them, I've just been on the phone to them, they rang to say that they are going to get in contact with the suppliers."

The post has attracted over 2,000 shares and more than 1,500 comments from shuddering social media users.

Courtney Lewis said: "Omg that's minging I don't even know what to say."

Jack Wren added: "That's disgusting that babe."

Jess Shore posted: "Never eating grapes again."

A Tesco spokesperson said: "We are sorry that this has happened.

"We're grateful to the customer for returning the grapes to her local store and we will be investigating this with our supplier."

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