A shopper in Australia had the shock of his life when he found a huge spider crawling over packs of chocolate iced donuts.

Ben Thomas filmed the terrifying moment when he came close to the eight-legged intruder in the bakery section of Coles, the Australian supermarket.

"Just an average day at the grocery store in Australia," he joked on Twitter alongside the video.

However, Thomas did not mention in which Coles store he filmed the spider. The video appears to show what looks like a Huntsman spider moving over the packs of the sweet treats. Thomas shared the post on May 1.

As the video went viral on social media, a Coles spokesperson said they reached out to Thomas over the discovery.

“Coles has an integrated pest management system, which primarily focuses on keeping pests out of our stores, then controlling pests should they find their way into our stores," the spokesperson told 7NEWS.com.au. "We were concerned to see this and have reached out to the customer to identify the store so we can ensure pest management measures are in place.”

While these creepy crawlers can scare people away, spider expert from Macquarie University’s Department of Biological Sciences, Dr Lizzy Lowe, had previously told Yahoo News Australia there is no need to be scared of these arachnids. Huntsman spiders are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. They feed on insects and other invertebrates which help keep homes free of others bugs.

In March, entomologist Lisa Donovan creeped out social media users after posting posting videos of a huntsman spider crawling over her face and neck. "Does this spider make my forehead look big?" Donovan wrote. "Was separating babies tonight and needed mama out of the way. They ALWAYS run up your arms and onto your head and back. If I had a dollar for every time this happened...ammirite??" Donovan said the spider is venomous but not considered deadly. She wrote on Instagram: "They are not aggressive and don't readily bite." Social media users commended her being brave and allowing the spider to be near her.

Reacting to the post, an Instagram user wrote: "Why am I having a hard time breathing? How are you this brave?!" while another person commented: "So that one on your face was poisonous?! I admire your calmness. I'm not very afraid of spiders, I just don't trust them like that."

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Pictured: Representative image of a wolf spider with an egg sac, as seen in West Virginia. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
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