A venomous Huntsman spider has left workers terrified after it crawled out of a container in Dumbarton. 

The giant spider hunting spider was discovered at a manufacturing business in Lomondgate, Dumbarton at 8am on Friday morning. 

The company ships generator parts to Scotland from India and China and it appears the stow away fancied an overseas trip. 

The Scottish SPCA attended the scene and removed the arachnid. 

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A source told the Evening Times how terrified workers called the SPCA when a colleague noticed a black object scuttle past. 

He said: "The guys were working on set this morning when someone saw it crawl out. 

The whole team were terrified it was poisonous. One worker managed to get it into a bin and everyone was crowding round trying to identify it.

Nobody wanted to go near it, it's obviously not from Scotland."

Scottish SPCA Chief Inspector Fiona Henderson said: "An arachnid expert identified the spider as a Huntsman spider. We believe due to the yellow stripe on it's abdomen that the spider is female."

"If a Huntsman spider bites you, it will not kill you but it does contain venom. If you do get bitten by one it can be extremely painful."

She continued: "It must be a tough little spider to survive living in a cold container for so long before arriving in Scotland. 

"The spider appears to be in good condition and is already an adult so we are going to try and find a specialist home for it."

Huntsman spiders are common in warm to tropical parts of the world and are known for their speed and venomous bite. 

Their bite is not regarded as dangerous to healthy humans, however it can have painful side effects including sickness, heart palpitations and in rare cases neurological effects.

The spider found was estimated to be the size of a man's palm, with legs 6 to 7 inchs long. 

The Scottish SPCA were called out to the incident at 9.15am this morning. 

A Scottish SPCA spokesperson said: "We were called to a manufacturing business in Lomondgate, Dumbarton, this morning, Friday September 9, after we received reports of a large spider."

"When I arrived one of the employees had managed to get the spider inside a clear bag within a container."

"Nobody wanted to handle it as we didn't know if it was extremely venonmous."

“We safely removed the spider and it is currently in the hands of an arachnid expert in order to identify the exact species.”

The discovery comes after warnings of sex-crazed spiders invading Glasgow homes as mating season begins.