A little girl is too terrified to set foot back in her home after a deadly spider bite left with her horrific injuries on her hand.
Abbie Kinnaird, 8, was bitten by a deadly brown recluse spider, that had apparently falling from the bathroom ceiling at her home in Colchester, Essex.
The venomous bite left Abbie with a red spot that quickly developed into a rash before becoming infected, forming a hole on her skin.
The schoolgirl was forced to have a skin graft and surgery, spending four days at Broomsfield hospital recovering.
Mum Hayley now says her daughter is too terrified to return to the rented house after two more of the killer spiders were found in her bed.
She said: “Abbie’s been very brave through it all, but she’s terrified of going into the flat.
“She shakes and cries the moment I mention it worrying that there are other spiders in there.”
The 35-year-old mum-of-two added: “The pest control saw more spiders including brown recluse spiders and false widows.
“He said that they could be hiding in toys and clothing and there was a risk that some spiders would remain for several weeks until they come into contact with the pesticide.
“He didn’t recommend coming back to the house.”
Ms Kinnard is now staying with her mum while pest controllers fumigate the home.
A Colchester Borough Homes spokesperson said: “To protect privacy we cannot go into very specific details about matters relating to our customers.
“In this case the customer was offered short-term temporary accommodation, but this was not taken up.
“Our Housing Options Team offer housing advice and solutions to those who are threatened with homelessness.”
Brown recluse spiders are one of only two spiders with medically significant venom in North America.
While often not painful at first, their bite contains a hemotoxic venom that can lead to necrosis of the skin.
Most deaths associated with brown recluse spiders involve young children.
