This is the moment a mum used an earbud camera to discover a spider's nest - inside her ear, she claims.<br /><br />Lucy Wild, 29, made the grim discovery while investigating ear pain, thinking it was a build up of wax.<br /><br />She had pulled a spider from her ear three weeks earlier and thought that was the end of the ordeal.<br /><br />But a "scratchy" pain persisted so the mum-of-three sent the camera - a Smartbud - for another look.<br /><br />And she was shocked to find what she claims to be a spider's nest - which she said was like something out of a sci-fi.<br /><br />Doctors cleared out her ear but Lucy says she’s still emotionally scarred by what happened.<br /><br />But Lucy, a part-time teacher and content creator, from Sale, Cheshire, is convinced.<br /><br />She said: "It was like something out of Stranger Things. It looked like you were going into the upside down.<br /><br />“I don’t know what it left in my ear that was black but maybe it cut my ear – I know some spiders have babies on their legs and back.<br /><br />“I was very confused as to how it even got in there, how does spider get in your ear and you not know about it - I was petrified thinking there might be another one."<br /><br />Lucy first noticed an unusual feeling in her ear in mid-October.<br /><br />She says she felt something "crackling" in her ear when she woke up - and assumed it was wax.<br /><br />But when the feeling continued throughout the day, she used her earbud camera to investigate.<br /><br />The mum-of-three was shocked to discover a spider had taken up residence in her ear and using olive oil managed to flush it out.<br /><br />She thought the ordeal was over – but weeks later she began to feel pain in her ear again.<br /><br />And when she used the Smartbud to look again, she found the inside of her ear was covered in a black substance.<br /><br />She visited the doctor who referred her to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) department – and when they investigated, she was shocked to hear the ENT specialist suggest it was a spider’s nest.<br /><br />After an excruciatingly painful procedure, the alleged nest was suctioned from her ear – but Lucy says she thinks there’s still some left in there.<br /><br />Now she’s warning others about the horrifying incident.<br /><br />Lucy said: “About three weeks ago I felt crackling in my ear and just thought a bit of ear wax wanted to fall out.<br /><br />“I thought I’d have a look when I got home but I didn’t press record because you wouldn’t expect a spider in your ear.<br /><br />“I was flapping around trying to get it out, we called 111 and put warm olive oil in my ear and drew it out.<br /><br />"It was covered in oil and the size of about my baby fingernail - about 1cm.<br /><br />“But the blood concerned me so I went to see a doctor the next day as it was still bleeding, and I couldn’t really hear.<br /><br />“The doctor gave me antibiotics, I took those for a week and thought that’s it – but then I felt pain in my ear again and that’s when I recorded it.<br /><br />“I was completely shocked – I was wondering if a bigger spider had got through my ear drum and my partner was winding me up saying they’re nesting in there.<br /><br />“At the ENT appointment as soon as he saw the video and looked inside my ear he said he’d never seen it before.<br /><br />“He said yes, it is a spider's nest, you’ll have to deal with the pain because I need to get this out of your ear.<br /><br />“I actually vomited while he was doing procedure it was that painful – it was the most excruciating pain I've ever felt.<br /><br />"I'd rather go through childbirth or a c-section again.<br /><br />“When I got home I had another look can still see a bit in there but it’s been swabbed so we’re waiting to see what comes back in two weeks.<br /><br />“People should invest in a Smartbud - you need to know what's going on in your ears.”<br /><br />A spokesperson for the British Arachnological Society said: "Everything is so blurred I really couldn't say.<br /><br />"While some structures could be legs that's as far as I am prepared to go."
