Source: City Express
The Express reporter learned today that after review by experts from the Zhejiang Provincial Academy of Inspection and Technology, the live spider seized by Hangzhou Customs in a batch of imported Canadian pecan logs was the Red-spotted Spider (Latrodectus mactans), which is commonly known as a highly toxic spider "Black Widow".
Inspectors seized the "Black Widow" Red Kou Spot Photography Tao Zhongyun
This is also the first time that such a highly poisonous spider has been intercepted at a port in Zhejiang Province. At present, customs officers have supervised the fumigation of the logs.
Erythroxylum is a genus of bulbous spiders, Arachnidae. Because the spider is a spider, the female spider often eats the male spider after mating, so it is also called "black widow".
The Black Widow spider is a spider with a strong neurotoxin and is one of the most venomously known spider species.
In 2015, Xinhua International Weibo published news that a highly poisonous spider had invaded Queensland, Australia, and if bitten and not handled in time, it could lead to death.
This type of spider is aggressive, once violated, there will be aggressive behavior, people will be severe pain, nausea and stiffness after being bitten by it, and occasionally muscle spasms, abdominal pain, fever and difficulty swallowing or breathing, and even death.