The New Express News reporter Huang Qiong, the correspondent of Guangdong National Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, reported recently that Zengcheng Inspection and Quarantine Bureau intercepted a large live spider from a batch of containers loaded with goods outside the legal inspection catalogue from Australia, which was identified by the plant inspection laboratory of the Technical Center of Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau as a highly toxic "killer spider" of the genus Araneae, Hymenopteridae, Widow Spider with Barefoot. This is the first case of high-risk pests intercepted from inbound cargo at Guangdong port and the second case in China.

It is reported that the spider was hidden in the steel support and mixed into the border. If it is not carefully inspected, it is difficult to detect it. When the inspection and quarantine personnel opened the container door, they suddenly found that a spider like creature quickly escaped into the crack of the steel frame. After careful searching, they found that it was hiding at the bottom of the steel frame. The inspection and quarantine personnel shall wear latex gloves, pick up the capture tools and plastic bottles, take photos of them and quickly catch a black spider.

This poisonous spider is a distant relative of the notorious American spider "Black Widow". It is named after a bright red stripe on its back, and is mainly distributed in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and other countries. The venom in a poisonous spider is a strong neurotoxin. Once a human is bitten, it is difficult to detect it at first. Five minutes later, the wound starts to feel hot and painful, and three hours later, it starts to attack. If it is not treated in time, it can cause death.

In addition, according to Nihon Shimbun. com, Japan first found that a bare backed widow spider invaded Tokyo, Japan, on November 14, 2012. Now it has begun to breed, and its threat to humans is expanding. So far, there have been many serious bites by poisonous spiders in this area.