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Orange Baboon tarantulas are native to South Africa - so how did this one show up in a front garden in Nottinghamshire?

A mum was shocked to discover a tarantula the size of her hand in her front garden - which turned out to be an aggressive species with ‘a nasty bite’ from South Africa. Sarah Rodmell, 30, was alerted by builders who stumbled across the huge creepy-crawly as they carried out renovation works at her home in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire on Friday (October 21).

Despite being terrified of spiders, the mum-of-two gave the curled up creature a nudge and was left stunned when it began to move. She then bravely managed to scoop up the tarantula into a box and moved it into her kitchen before calling reptile experts to come and take it away.

Mum’s horror at discovering escaped tarantula the ‘size of her hand’ in front garden