Woman finds widow spider in grapes bought at New Hampshire store
By Matt Leighton
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LEE, N.H. (WMUR) — A woman said she found a widow spider in grapes she bought at a store in a New Hampshire town.
Calista Plaisted of Northwood said she bought the grapes at a store in Lee. She waited a few days to wash them, and when she did, she noticed there were spider webs.
“So I was like expecting the smallest spider. No. I was like, what is that? I’ve never seen that before. So I vacuumed it up, just thinking it’s a normal spider,” Plaisted said.
The spider turned out to be a widow. News 9 reached out to the University of New Hampshire, which said the spider was a smaller widow male, which is smaller than a female.
“I wash everything because I have two kids under the age of four, so I’m like, extra careful about what we eat and whatnot. And I was no, no, never. When I saw the spider webs, that’s when I was like, I don’t like this one bit,” Plaisted said.
She said she called the store and let them know about the spider.
UNH said that grape vines seem to provide a good habitat for widows.
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