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Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria)

We are used to hearing about strange animals in Staffordshire, as the mysterious Cannock Chase is part of it.  But not all its out of place creatures come from the Chase.  Imagine the horror of Mr and Mrs Roberts and their two children in Hednesford, when they found a bunch of bananas they had purchased was crawling with specimens of the Brazilian Wandering Spider.  These ones had wandered quite a bit from their native Latin America and are about the deadliest kind of spider you can get.  Advised by Pest Control to flee the house, they hastily complied.  Fumigation followed and the wayfaring arachnids are there no more.