As their name implies, brown recluse spiders are reclusive — Whitworth describes them as shy — and often go unnoticed as they ...

The bite of a brown recluse spider contains a rare toxin that can destroy skin tissue. Most cases are mild, but first aid is important. Learn more here.

A couple of days after the bite, doctors decided the kayaker had been bitten by a brown recluse spider. Brown recluse spiders are found throughout the south-central and midwestern U.S., according ...

Brown recluse spiders prefer warm climates and are usually found in the central and southern United States. They often live in dark, sheltered areas, such as piles of wood, leaves, or rocks.

Brown recluse spider bites are usually painless, but some people notice a stinging feeling. Symptoms such as burning and itchiness usually develop about 2-8 hours after a bite. It’s uncommon ...

Brown recluse spiders live in an area spanning southeastern Nebraska to southwestern Ohio, south to northwestern Georgia and into Texas (red). Occurrences outside this range are very rare.

Brown recluse spiders have small fangs and cannot bite through clothing. How to avoid bites Measures can be taken to avoid brown recluse bites, even if the spiders are living in your house.

Skin lesions are often misdiagnosed as a brown recluse spider bite when they're actually a tick bite or MRSA or even skin cancer. Here's how to tell the difference.

Brown Recluse spiders can be identifed by the characteristic violin-shaped marking visible on its back. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images "My Dad said it felt like a sting of a hornet.

Brown recluse spider bite symptoms. Lustman, 30, described the ordeal as "excruciating pain." "My leg was very sore, and I noticed like a little bite mark but my whole leg was starting to swell up ...

NASHVILLE — An increase in spider-bite patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center here has created some concern — but not about an influx of brown recluse spiders in garages, attics or ...

Have you been seeing more venomous spiders in and around your Georgia home lately? Here's how to identify them and keep them ...