Spider bites man, lays eggs; doctors cut open toe

NEW DELHI: In a bizarre incident, a man found spider eggs inside his toe on a vacation with his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary, BBC reported.

Colin Blake from the UK was celebrating his 35th wedding anniversary in France when his toe turned purple overnight. It was confirmed by a doctor on the ship that Blake was bitten by a Peruvian wolf spider, which laid eggs in his toe.

Following antibiotics to combat the toxins, a "foreign body" was cut out of his toe.

According to the BBC, the pus looked like it contained tea leaves, which turned out to be spider eggs.

Four weeks later Blake again discovered a "foreign body" in his foot. This time, he said, "One of the spider eggs hadn't been flushed and must have hatched. Spider was making its way out, eating its way out of my toe."

The antibiotics had killed the young spider and doctors then removed it by cutting open Blake's toe.

"I did ask if I could keep it but they said no," BBC quoted him as saying.

However, he is set to make a full recovery.

Blake and his wife were having a meal outdoors in Marseilles, France when he was bitten by the spider.

Blake said he was "totally unaware" that he had been bitten as the spider numbs its prey before laying its eggs.

"My wife thought it may be because I had new sandals and they were rubbing on my big toe and that was causing it to be red," BBC quoted him as saying.