A couple were forced to abandon their dream home after it became overrun with thousands of venomous spiders.
Brian and Susan Trost purchased the four-bedroom home in the upmarket neighbourhood of Weldon Spring, Missouri, for $450,000 (£280,000).
The Trosts quickly discovered it was infested with thousands of brown recluse spiders, an estimated 6,000 of them.
The couple moved out of the home and won a civil lawsuit against the previous owner for failing to disclose the creepy crawlie problem.
A pest control firm have now been called in to get finally get rid of the spiders from the property, which has been vacant for the past two years.
“We create a very hostile environment temporarily inside the home to kill the desired target," Bob Richardson, from McCarthy Pest Control, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"You almost have to contact them with it to get the best results because they do have collagen on the tips of their feet, and they don't absorb pesticides that you lay down."
The couple, who have four children and bought the home in 2007, have also launched legal action against their insurers for ‘failing’ to pay claims related to the spider damage.
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