Workers find giant spider

A giant Huntsman spider from Japan was found by workers who opened a shipping container.

It scuttled out when staff at a storage company in Old Newton, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, opened the container on January 13.

RSPCA officer Naemi Kilbey, who was called to collect the stowaway, said: “I must admit I’d get a bit of a shock if I was unloading some stock and a huge Huntsman spider crawled out!”

Huntsman spiders, usually from Australia, can grow to more than 6in (15cm) in size but are generally harmless.