QUIRKY WORLD ... Family goes bananas over deadly Brazilian spider fears

UK: Spider eggs discovered in a bunch of bananas have been found to belong to a harmless species — after initial fears that a killer spider was on the loose in Britain.

Keith Hobbs and wife Laura fled with their four children when told it was probably the Brazilian wandering spider, which can have legs up to 6in (15cm) long and kill with its venomous bite.

They found the cocoon at their home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, on Thursday.