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Fargo woman finds black widow spider in Costco grapes

Forum News Service WEST FARGO -- An eight-legged surprise greeted a West Fargo teacher when she recently bought a package of grapes at Costco in West Fargo. Michelle Strand, who teaches at West Fargo High School and lives in Fargo, said she was c...

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WEST FARGO - An eight-legged surprise greeted a West Fargo teacher when she recently bought a package of grapes at Costco  in West Fargo.

Michelle Strand, who teaches at West Fargo High School and lives in Fargo, said she was cleaning the grapes and noticed cobwebs in the package. She said she made a mental note to check for spiders, when she saw a black grape with a red hourglass on it.

"It clearly had not been dead for long because it wasn't dried out," she said. "It looked like a live spider."

Black widow bites can cause nausea, vomiting and rarely death.

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Strand said she threw the grapes out because she thought there could have been other spiders in the package.

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