Deadly invasion of Oz Spiders!

DEADLY Australian spiders found in a container shipped to Britain have sparked fears they could invade the UK.

Staff at a BAE Systems base were petrified after finding more than a dozen Redbacks in a parts crate.

The area at Warton Aerodrome, near Preston, Lancs, was sealed and experts brought in.

A source at the base, where Eurofighter jets are built, said: "It was like a scene from a horror film.

"There were these tiny black spiders with a red stripe down their back running around a container of parts from Australia. It caused a major panic.

"Big, tough men were yelling with fear when they saw these things crawling all over the place. There were also loads of eggs in there. The big worry was one could have escaped."

Bosses called in specialist pest controllers to destroy the 1cm-long creatures, similar to Black Widows. But there are fears some may have fled to nearby fields and could start breeding.

Thousands of people are bitten by Redbacks in Oz each year, 15 have died. A BAE Systems spokeswoman insisted: "The situation is under control."

Deadly invasion of Oz Spiders!