As It Happens

Spider 'videobombs' a BBC Scotland live TV newscast

If you suffer from arachnophobia, it was not a great day to wake up to BBC Scotland's morning TV news break. As anchor Graham Stewart was delivering the news, on the top right of the screen, a spider casually came along and devoured its prey live on air....

If you suffer from arachnophobia, it was not a great day to wake up to BBC Scotland's morning TV news break. As anchor Graham Stewart was delivering the news, on the top right of the screen, a spider casually came along and devoured its prey live on air.

Clearly, the BBC Scotland crew needs to dust around its cameras more often.

But this isn't the first spider eager for a cameo. The eight-legged arthropods have a tendency to spin their webs on and around outdoor cameras.

Here are a few more live on-air examples:

July 2014: "Meteorologist Glenn Glazer has a surprise visit from a spider while doing the morning forecast."
June 2013: "Global BC Meteorologist Kristi Gordon was surprised by a spider on the weather camera as she did her Noon News forecast."
Dec 2007: No, it's not a spider space invasion, but it is a spider near a space centre