Black Widow Spider Apprehended in Customs

At Gatwick Airport (LGW), a 4-centimeter black widow spider was discovered trying to sneak through customs by workers who were unloading a box of airplane machinery at the time. Aerfin employee Rob Green caught the black widow, now nicknamed Nadia, into a plastic container and contacted the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for help relocating the spider. Black widows are not native to the U.K.

“We certainly don’t have many of these spiders coming into our care or call outs for their rescue,” said inspector Tony Woodley.

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