A few days ago, when the inspectors of Tianjin Dongjiang Customs conducted on-site inspections of the horns and horns of a batch of imported containers, they found that there were spiders with a red hourglass-like pattern on the abdomen hidden in the goods, and the number was relatively large, and it was judged by the laboratory to be spiders of the genus Kou. The Customs has issued the "Notice of Inspection and Quarantine Treatment" to the goods and implemented the pest removal treatment to effectively prevent the invasion of foreign pests.
It is understood that the spider genus spider commonly known as "Black Widow", there are currently 32 known species in the world. "Black Widow" is the most toxic of all known spider species, fierce, extremely aggressive, its secretion of neurotoxins is extremely toxic, if a person is bitten, may produce strong muscle pain.
According to customs officials, some containerized goods from tropical areas may carry toxic alien organisms, and once they enter the territory, they will cause harm to the personal safety of the people and the ecological safety of the port. Customs will continue to strengthen the inspection and quarantine of toxic pests and the monitoring of the epidemic situation of goods entering high-risk areas, and guard the "first line of defense" of national biosecurity.
Zhou Wei, a reporter of this newspaper, took a photo
Source: Tonight's Newspaper