Black Widows Found In Bag Of Grapes

A Boston man and his son discovered at least two black widow spiders in a bag of grapes they bought at a Whole Foods Market. Jorge Fuertes said he reached into the bag, pulled out some grapes and saw something black fall out and run away. He thought it was an ant at first. Then he looked in the bag and found a black widow. He spit out his mouthful of grapes when he noticed the spider’s telltale red hourglass on its belly. Fuertes said the bag of Anthony’s brand red seedless grapes was full of spider webs. A Whole Foods Market spokesman said the entire shipment of Anthony’s brand organic red seedless grapes would be removed from store shelves. Fuertes said Whole Foods offered him gift cards if he’d leave the spider with them, but he wants to keep it for now.