California has no known colonies of brown recluse spiders, although there is a desert recluse in the area of Death Valley. If you see what you think is brown recluse, the odds are vastly in your ...

The brown recluse spider is not native to California, for example. Homes along the West Coast are largely safe from the brown recluse spider, but it's worth noting that the Golden State is home to ...

Dr. Rick Vetter is the U.S. expert on the brown recluse at the University of California, Riverside. He studies the spiders in California, another region not home to the spider. The brown recluse ...

According to Erin Saupe, a researcher at the University of Kansas, ecological computer models have been able to predict the brown recluse spider’s range in 2050 and 2080.

These pictures are of the damage done by a bite of the brown recluse spider over a period of 10 days. These are not for the faint of heart to view as they are quite graphic. Variations: A February ...

Brown Recluse Bite Diagnosis. When you go to the doctor, tell them about what happened and what your symptoms are. If you saw the spider, try to describe what it looked like (a picture may help).

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.

But to those who have a more adverse reaction, a brown recluse bite can be devastating, even deadly. A bite from the spider killed a healthy, 58-year-old woman, Betty Ann Strickland, near the ...