A horrified customer finding a giant spider in a salad at Co Kildare's supermarket

A customer spoke of his horror after finding a creepy crawly in his salad at a Lidl supermarket in Co Kildare.

According to Dublin Live, a giant spider was mixed with the usual lettuce, carrots and corn.

The shocking images show what we consider to be an eight-legged beast in a salad purchased from the Kildare City store.

Although it is very clearly dead, it is always terrifying to think that it could have been consumed.

The images of the spider were shared by the client's concerned mother on Lidl's Facebook page, with many commenting on their disgust at the situation.

She said, "Look what my daughter has found in her salad." My daughter had the salad for her lunch earlier and it was against the lettuce leaves She is after vomiting … she hopes not to having eaten it is what she has not seen. "

One person replied, "Oh Jesus, it's disgusting … I feel sick !!!!"

While another said: "Thank God, I do not eat traumatic salad."

But another also managed to shed light on the situation, adding, "Did she charge extra for that?"

And another one is mocked: "OMG seriously !!! Are they starting a new range of tests for Bush Tucker?"

Dublin Live contacted Lidl about this and said in a statement: "At Lidl Ireland, customer satisfaction is of utmost importance to us.

"We work with renowned suppliers who meet the high quality standards required by our company, and we have our own quality badurance system that allows us to monitor the quality of our products.

"Regarding the complaint about the salad bowl, our customer service team was in touch with the customer and explained to him that a full review of the incident was underway.

"The purpose of the investigation is to determine the root cause of this incident and respond promptly by taking corrective and preventive action, if necessary.

"Please be badured that the complaint has been forwarded to management and that we are treating it with the utmost attention and we would like to apologize to both clients for the inconvenience this may have caused."