A British woman got more that she bargained for when she found eggs from the ‘world’s deadliest spider’ in a bunch of bananas from Tesco.

The supermarket chain has since apologised to Abby Woodgate, 30, who made the terrifying discovery when the fruit were delivered to her home.

After mistaking a white lump on the skin for mould, she poked the patch with a toothpick at which point dozens of tropical eggs from the extremely venomous Brazilian wandering spider.

On calling pest control experts, Ms Woodgate was told she’d have to burn anything that had come in to contact with the spider eggs – including her vacuum cleaner, which she used to clean them up – because the arachnids are so dangerous.

The venom causes a great deal of pain, loss of muscle control and breathing problems, which in deadly concentrations can result in paralysis and asphyxiation.

 “I couldn’t believe it when the little cocoon opened,” she said.

“I thought it was just some mould and I was trying to get it off so I could use the rest of the bunch.”

“Even when I saw what was in it – it looked just like frog spawn – I still didn’t think the worst. But then it dawned on me and I jumped and threw them in the bin.”

A few eggs also fell on the floor, which Mrs Woodgate vacuumed.

After contacting Tesco’s Highwoods store, which had made the delivery to her home, pest control experts were sent out.

“The pest controllers asked where the eggs were and I told them the bin and they said: ‘Right, we’ll take that,” Ms Woodgate said.

“Then they asked had anything else come into contact with the eggs, and I told them about my vacuum cleaner, so they said: ‘We’ll have to take that too.'”

Tesco has offered to replace her bin and the vacuum cleaner.

A spokesperson said, “We set ourselves high standards for the food we sell and were concerned to hear of this incident.

“We’ve offered Mrs Woodgate a gesture of goodwill and will be asking our supplier to investigate.”