A spider sits on her web
Two new species of peacock spiders have been found in Australia. The spiders belong to the genus Maratus which is a part of the jumping spider family called Salticidae, and are colourful and active and it was reported that in the 1950s, one of the species would use its colourful display to attract potential mates. A spider sits on her web in a garden in the village of Klein-Auheim near Hanau August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Australian man Dylan Maxwell discovered a spider crawling under his skin for days during his holidays in Bali. The spider has been surgically removed from his body.

Maxwell stayed in a 4.5-star hotel in Bali during his holidays. One morning, when he woke up, he found an unusual red scar on his torso that looked like a trail from his navel. It was as if someone had scratched him with the tip of a knife, Maxwell said. He noticed later in the evening that the trail moved around three inches higher to the chest. He visited doctors at the Bali International Medical Centre on Sunday. The doctors diagnosed it to be an insect bite as he was asked to apply an antihistamine cream to rub on the scar.

However, when he got up next morning, he had blisters on the scar. He said that it had started becoming painful by that time. He felt a "searing burn" in the area. He visited a dermatologist later on Monday. He was told that it was not an ordinary insect bite. Maxwell was informed that he had something quite unusual. Doctors told him that it was possible a tropical spider, which entered his body through a scar created from a previous appendix surgery. Maxwell said that the scar was a little "bigger than the size of a match head," NT News reported.

The 21-year-old is now being referred to as the "Spiderman" as Australian doctors had managed to pull the tiny creature out of his navel. The spider was apparently put in a specimen jar and taken away. He has to wait for a few more days to find out the details of the creature, which had taken shelter under his skin. "It takes a lot to deter me, but I do feel violated. It was a very bizarre experience just to know something like that was in my body for a couple of days," Maxwell said.

The Australian "Spiderman" is from Bunbury. It was the first time he visited Bali. He will definitely remember his Bali tour for the rest of his life. See this photo to find out how Maxwell suffered.

Contact the writer: s.mukhopadhyay@ibtimes.com.au