Live black widow spider found in grapes from grocery store, A Pennsylvania woman discovered a creepy crawly surprise while washing off the grapes she bought at a local food store.Yvonne Whalen said she was rinsing and eating the fruit on Thursday when she found what an expert said was a dangerous black widow spider.
"The next thing I know, there was this leg coming up over a grape," she told ABC 27.
Whalen, who is from Dillsburg, Pa., caught the venomous spider in a plastic container.
“There's no mistaking a black widow, even in a juvenile form like this. There is just enough there that you can really tell it's a black widow," Ryan “The Bug Man” Bridge told the station after examining the spider.
Bridge said he hears about people finding black widows in grapes “more often than anything else.”
Black widows are toxic, and a bite is enough to send you to the hospital.
Whalen bought the grapes at a Giant Food Store, and the company said in a statement that it is “taking immediate steps to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future.”
“We will continue to diligently inspect product both at our perishable distribution center and at the store while thoroughly investigating this serious matter with our suppliers,” Giant said, according to ABC 27