Woman finds black widow spider in grapes bought from Walmart

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Woman finds deadly surprise in grapes bought from Walmart
A woman getting ready to open a package of grapes she bought from Walmart spotted a black widow spider crawling over the fruit.

Crawling between one Michigan woman's produce was one of the world's deadliest insects: A black widow spider.

The spider decided to come out of hiding when Ariel Jackson was about to open a package of grapes. She immediately called 911 to report the insect, and the operator casually told her to squish it.

The venom from these spiders is 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake bite, and what could have happened still frightens her.

"My nephew is one. Like if he would have got bit, like if it had got loose in the house, like overnight. Imagine, something could have happened. It's just, it's scary," Jackson said.

The grapes were bought at a Walmart store, and the company is now investigating the creepy encounter.