Woman reveals horror after finding dreaded white spots on her bananas

Daily Mail​

20-05-2025

A woman has voiced concern over what she believes might be spider eggs nestled in her bunch of bananas.
Lifestyle blogger Hayley Tilbey from Chichester took to X to send a message to Lidl, the supermarket where she purchased the bananas.
Hayley wrote, '@LidlGB can you advise what this is? I've just purchased these bananas from your store in Chichester and noticed this big white patch when I opened the bag, and worried it could be spider or insect eggs?'
The mother-of-three added that she has thrown the bunch away, writing, 'I've now re-bagged and [put them] in the wheelie bin.'
While Lidl neither confirmed nor denied whether the white spot was spider eggs, a spokesperson apologised to Hayley.
A Lidl spokesperson replied to the post via the supermarket's X account, writing, 'Oh no! Sorry about this Hayley!
'Please DM your email address, barcode number, lot/batch number, store purchased from and your receipt so we can sort this. - Hilary.'
Hayley's not the only shopper concerned about white spots on fruits. In 2023, an unnamed man urged customers to avoid buying bananas with small white spots, which could contain insect nests.
It came in response to a Facebook post in October 2022 from a concerned Asda shopper, who spotted something unusual on the fruit she purchased.
The unnamed shopper posted on the social media site to see if others could advise her on what to do.
The customer wrote in the Family Lockdown Tips & Ideas group, 'Anybody have any idea what this white spot is on my banana? Brought from Asda yesterday.'
She shared a picture of the blemished fruit with her message – and could have been forgiven for her concern following the responses of other group members.
Horrifyingly, one user said: 'Definitely a spider in there.'
A second added: 'That looks like a spider's egg sack. Put in a bag and tie it. I would take it back.'
Another replied: 'This happened to me last year, bought some bananas and got a free spiders nest with wee tiny spiders coming out of it.'
Heeding the warnings of others, the shopper later provided an update. She said: 'I can confirm said banana, well the bunch of them (put me off for life) are in the bin outside!
The mother-of-three wrote to Lidl after finding a white spot on the bananas and asked for advice
'I may pour boiling water over them in case they hatch inside the bin and wonder into the house because I do NOT do spiders at the best of times! Let alone venomous ones!'
They continued: 'May even burn my bin if I'm honest might be the best option (I am of course joking).'
An Asda spokesman told LADbible: 'That particular "white spot" looks to be a mealy bug nest, they're completely harmless but as with other insects and they like to make themselves at home in between banana fingers which provide a nice protective habitat for them to live.'
It comes after an outraged woman revealed the unwelcome guest who entered her UK-based home via her Asda shopping delivery.
Taking to TikTok, Ashlea, who goes by @juicycolouring on the platform, shared footage of her finding what appears to be a 'giant cockroach' nestled in her packet of bananas.
The distressed customer screamed as she realised the creepy crawler had settled into her packet of fresh fruit.
Ashlea zoomed into the packet, saying, 'I just opened my bananas,' before screaming and helplessly questioning, 'what do I do with it?' and urging her partner to 'get it'.
The TikTok user added in the caption: 'Got a surprise gift with my bananas! Thanks @Asda.'
In a later video, Ashlea recorded her partner dropping the bananas into a carrier bag and quickly removing it from the house, adding in the caption: 'It was that, or burn the house down'.
Shocked viewers took to the comment section to express their concerns about the unwanted visitor, with one writing: 'Oh absolutely not! I don't think I will be buying bananas again, and I'm being serious.'
A second added: 'That would me be out the door, house up for sale, never seeing my kids again sorry'.
'Oh my god, I would actually pass out. Seeing them in this country? No. No. Nope, said a third.
Another wrote: 'The way my jaw dropped and stayed dropped for quite some time...I feel so bad for you honestly.'
An Asda spokesperson told MailOnline: 'We make every effort to ensure our fresh produce is washed and any tag-along is removed before it is packed.
'If any customer spots something that doesn't seem right with a product, we would encourage them to let us know so that it can be looked into it.'