Brown recluse spiders are found in much of Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee as well as parts of Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana ...

There are two spiders in Indiana we consider bad because of potential human health effects. They are the Brown Recluse, Loxosceles reclusa, and the Black Widow, Latrodectus mactans. The brown recluse ...

It’s hard to think of a critter that inspires as much hyperbolic hysteria as the brown recluse spider. They’re pretty much universally hated. If you believe the tales, these small arachnids ...

You probably know that a brown recluse spider is poisonous. Well, brown recluse venom is both cytotoxic, meaning it can kill cells, and hemolytic, meaning it can destroy red blood cells.

Stock image of a brown recluse spider. Between 10 and 50 percent of bites result in some form of necrosis. Getty Images. But the entomologist said his best estimate was that around 10 to 50 ...

Brown recluse spiders are not common in Michigan, but have been found in Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Nebraska. It also is established in Texas, Georgia and Kentucky.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Weeks of rainfall may equal more spider sightings in Indiana, according to the State Department of Health. Several local exterminators said that over the past couple of ...

While I am sure you do get a number of false reports concerning this spider, I am fairly confident that this is indeed a brown recluse. I am aware that this species is not native to Pennsylvania.

You probably know that a brown recluse spider is poisonous. Well, brown recluse venom is both cytotoxic, meaning it can kill cells, and hemolytic, meaning it can destroy red blood cells. The ...