Black Widow spider found in grapes bought at Walmart

why no one wants spiders of any kind after looking at the vidio it does not appear to be a black widdow i know i was bitten by one and i never ever want to be that sick again !the female black widow ( the dangerous of the species )has a distinct red spot on it this one seems not to have i wonder if they got expert oppinion on this ?

I hope that means he noticed the spider before the spider found him and bit him. That would be pretty scary to find a black widow in the midst of grapes. I bet he'll be very careful for any fruit he gets from Wal-Mart in the future.

This is so cool yet so dangerous. I guess they were not contaminated with chemicals so that they spider survived. Or horribly the spider is immune to those sprays. I hope that eveyone turned out ok and did not get bit/stung by the spider. Pays to pay attention to our lives in a much more proactive state.

Wow that is creepy. I haven't bought any plants from Walmart but if I do I will have them checked after reading this. Thanks for the warning

It doesn't surprise me one bit. With fresh produce, no matter how much the companies inspect a product, there is always bound to be some type of bug in it. Now the grasshopper in the can of greens is something else. Yucky!

That is just creepy, sickening, weird! Um...I won't be buying produce at Walmart anytime soon! LOL

I once heard about baby aligators turning up in pineapples at a produce market. I have seen huge tree roaches come out of potaoe bags, but havent heard about spiders....

We have a lot of Black Widows in California but I have never even considered looking in my grapes for one. It sure is scary!

I imagine that would be a shock especially in PA where the widow spiders are not so very common... if it was in a southerly state I would think maybe the widow got into his grapes in his own home. I guess I would rather find a spider in the grapes than have all that insecticide on them. grapes really absorb the pesticides, unfortunately. It would be a horrible thing if he did not notice the widow and it clung on during washing of the grapes and he accidentally put it into his mouth. eyowie!

Discouraged from using pesticides, one vineyard in California has admitted to using the black widow spiders to kill off other insects in the bunches of grapes they sell: http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/animals/millions_of_tiny_spiders.htm The stuff about black widows is a little ways down the page, but I thought everyone would want to see the amazing spider webs on the above site as well!

There are just some insects that don't want to be separated by their favorite fruits. I'm just glad that man was not bitten by the black widow spider. We must be careful in buying fruits next time.