A TERRIFIED shopper found a giant huntsman spider lurking in his bunch of Tesco bananas. Craig Harrison, 35, scoffed one banana before spotting the female huntsman — and its bulging 200-egg sac.

Man opens a Huntsman Spider egg sack to release hundreds of tiny babies onto his hand. By PETER HESS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM. Published: 11:07 EDT, 27 February 2024 | Updated: 11:09 EDT, 27 February 2024 .

Huntsman spiders are known as the world’s largest spiders – by leg span – and can grow up to 12 inches. The Goliath birdeater is the world’s largest spider by mass.

The spider had been nestled between the bananas, out of sight, clutching onto its egg sac,” Harrison said. “The bag wasn’t fully transparent, which obscured any view of it.” 3 ...

A female huntsman clutching onto a silk sac filled with hundreds of spider offspring. (Image credit: Elliekay/Public Domain) After mating, the female lays up to 200 eggs and encases them in a ...

"I was greeted with a giant huntsman and an egg sac on the left side. At first, with the egg sac, I thought, "Oh, that's cute; it's got a backpack,", then it dawned on me what it was," he said.

Spiders spin various shapes of outer sacs that discourage egg raiders. Spiders in a fixed retreat can conveniently anchor a sac, unlike some other moms that carry eggs with them.

Huntsman spiderlings emerging from an egg sac of a female spider (Image: Credit: Derek Keats-Pen News) The female huntsman produces a white egg sac of papery silk, carrying up to 200 of her young.

It is more likely that you will be bitten by a male huntsman spider rather than a female as they will only cause harm if there is a threat to their their egg sacs or babies. Recently, a large ...

Spider shock as Australian driver finds ‘at least 100’ bursting from egg sac on his car The man sensibly left them alone - and a few days later found that they had all scuttled off to parts ...

Most offspring of a solitary huntsman start to forage for themselves in their first instar, but the offspring of the five social huntsman spiders emerge from the egg sac with yolk-filled bellies ...

A TERRIFIED shopper found a giant huntsman spider lurking in his bunch of Tesco bananas. Craig Harrison, 35, scoffed one banana before spotting the female huntsman — and its bulging 200-egg sac.