A giant spider appeared to be causing havoc for motorists on the M8 this afternoon.

Traffic Scotland tweeted a picture of the giant arachnid straddling two lanes of the motorway near to J2 between Livingston and Edinburgh at 1.38pm.

The picture was accompanied by the words "Reports of a giant spider on #M8 E/B at J2 #Ahhhhhhh"

The picture was taken from one of Traffic Scotland's traffic cameras. Insects do occasionally crawl across the lenses of the cameras.