Maria was bitten three times and hospitalised after the attack

You don't have to be an arachnophobe to get the chills from this story!

Pictures of Maria Condon's leg have gone viral after she was bitten by a false widow spider at her home in Ferrybank, Co Waterford.

This is Maria from Waterford's leg after she was bitten by a false widow spider in her HOUSE

It crawled up the inside of the leg of her jeans

Terrifying pic.twitter.com/0OYl2MhGy2

— Today FM (@TodayFM) July 18, 2019

The mum-of-three spotted the arachnid in her house a couple of days before the attack happened and checked it out online to see what it could be. It's size and the "skull marking" revealed it to be a noble false black widow.

Dermot and Dave gave Maria a call to find out more about the ordeal.

Check out the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen.