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One Costco shopper got way more than she was looking for in the produce aisle, and it definitely wasn\u2019t on the shopping list.\u00a0<\/p>\n
TikTok<\/a> creator Heather Sumrall (@heartofheather) posted the now-viral video<\/a>, which has pulled in over 415,000 views since it hit the app on Oct. 18.<\/p>\n What started as a grocery run has since turned into a full-blown PSA for anyone grabbing grapes at Costco or any major retailer. The clip zooms in on a bunch of green grapes, and right there, crawling between them, is the signature red hourglass on the shiny black body of a large black widow spider<\/a>.<\/p>\n The on-screen caption tagged Costco and warned other shoppers, then jokingly included, \u201cAt this point I\u2019ll just eat a Little Debbie.\u201d<\/p>\n Apparently, this isn\u2019t anything new. Black widows, which are notoriously venomous, have been showing up in grocery store grapes for years. Back in 2015, a woman up in Vermont<\/a> was hospitalized after one crawled out of her bag of grapes and bit her.<\/p>\n Every year, reports pop up<\/a> about wandering and huntsman spiders, known as \u201cbanana spiders,\u201d found in store bananas, along with black widows hiding in bunches of grapes.<\/p>\n The reason is simple. Grapes make the perfect hiding spot for spiders. Vineyards are packed with fruit-eating bugs. Grape arbors give spiders plenty of space to settle in and spin their webs.<\/p>\n The comments were a mix of jokes, spider trauma, and straight-up nightmare fuel.<\/p>\n \u201cDonuts would never do this to you,\u201d one person joked.<\/p>\n Another warned, \u201cWait until you are looking through the bananas and find a huge banana spider.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNew fear unlocked omg! [loudly crying face emoji],\u201d someone said.<\/p>\n Other viewers added even more fuel to the fire by displaying advanced insect knowledge.<\/p>\n \u201cHi, so they actually use black widows in a lot of vineyards<\/a> to help with natural pest control,\u201d a person wrote. \u201cThis is like the 8th post I\u2019ve seen in the last couple months about this.\u201d<\/p>\n Another chimed in, \u201cAs a retired inspector, that\u2019s very common.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Sumrall declined to comment for the story. We also reached out to Costco for a statement.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\nHow Often Are Spiders Hiding in Grapes?<\/h2>\n
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