A family in West Sussex were thrown into a panic when their pet tarantula crawled out of its habitat and tried to escape.

The scary scene was filmed on April 2, as the spider was being taken out of its habitat to be shown to some friends, and it proceeded to crawl up the husband's arm and onto his back.

The filmer commented: "So we purchased a new tarantula for my six-year-old son. In the shop the spider was nice and calm, handled nicely.

"After settling down at home for a few days, my son asked me to get it out so we could show it to our friends, that’s when it went wrong.

"It went straight up my husband's arm, onto his back and no one helped him, I just don’t know what I would if done if it went down my jumper instead!!"

I filmed this video my name is Kerry 43  from Crawley West Sussex, housewife/full time mummy! Was filmed at home in my kids bedroom 2nd April 2020. I videoed it to show some friends my sons new tarantula! My husband was not happy when no one tried to help him out


So we purchased a new tarantula for my 6 year old son, in the shop the spider was nice and calm, handled nicely, after settling down at home for a few days my son asked me to get it out so we could send it to our friends, that’s when it went wrong. It went straight up my husbands arm, onto his back and no one helped him, I just don’t know what I would if done if it went down my jumper instead!!