From our Friends at Jaguar Owners Club. Normally you pay extra for options, but perhaps a free nest of deadly Black Widow spiders was not what this particular motorist had in mind.

When 57-year-old Marc Lang removed the hub cap from his old Ford Thunderbird, which he had recently purchased on eBay, he was shocked to discover that it was home to a family of dangerous and venomous Black Widow spiders.

Lang said that the model, which he picked up from Barking in Essex, was in the UK since July after being imported from Mexico.

When he took it to his employer, he was shocked to discover that the species of spider was in fact the deadly Black Widow variety, with his captured specimen actually a pregnant spider.

According to the report in the Reading Post, Lang’s employer contacted Bristol Zoo, who are interested in taking the pregnant Black Widow – which has been nicknamed ‘Betty’.

Regarding the car’s future and any other signs of arachnids, Lang commented: “Everybody else seems to have got into a bit of a panic about it but I bought a car, it’s got spiders in it and some clutches of eggs.

“The car’s in a building in the country and I’m still working on it and will carry on removing eggs and, hopefully, I will be able to capture the two males I’ve seen which have so far been evasive.”