Katie Melua has revealed that she had a live spider who took up residence in her ear removed by a doctor.

The revelation of the disturbing news came via a video the British singer posted of the creature on her Instagram account, with the caption, “So I had a rustling in my ear for a week and went to the doctor. This little fella is what they found!”

Melua said she believes the spider climbed into earbud headphones she had used on a recent flight.

The spider was reportedly removed using a micro-vacuum. The singer then took the spider home alive and released it in her garden.

“The ear specialist said he’d never in his career taken out a live bug before. Plenty of dead ones. When it was out, it was pretty tiny,” said a spokeswoman for the singer.

Singer Katie Melua just had a spider removed from her ear. Video of the eight-legged terror: http://t.co/trPk8lFirM pic.twitter.com/I45EMPmFBn

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“Basically I used these old in-ear monitors to block out sound on a flight, little spider must have been in them and crawled inside my ear and stayed there for the week. It was no hassle at all, apart from the occasional shuffling noises…,” wrote Melua.

So I had a rustling in my ear for a week and went to the doctor to have it checked out this morning. THIS little fella is what they found!

A video posted by Katie Melua (@katiemeluaofficial) on Oct 10, 2014 at 10:19am PDT

Melua is best known for her hits Nine Million Bicycles and The Closest Thing to Crazy.

Though the thing looked TERRIFYING up-close on the doctor's camera, once he took him out ( using a micro Hoover ) it was pretty small, and now its in this little test tube, alive and seemingly fine.

A photo posted by Katie Melua (@katiemeluaofficial) on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:14pm PDT

Does anyone else have suddenly itchy ears right now?