As their name implies, brown recluse spiders are reclusive — Whitworth describes them as shy — and often go unnoticed as they spend their time in places where there is not a lot of human activity, ...

Adults are light brown in color and possess a violin-shaped mark on their back, right above the eyes. They are sometimes confused for cellar spiders, which spin webs, unlike brown recluse spiders.

Brown recluse spiders hunt for food at night, so during the day they often hide in shoes and under clothes that are left on the floor and crawl out at night to search for food, Whitworth said.

While brown recluse spiders tend to be only about half an inch in diameter, the black widow spider can be quite a bit larger, running somewhere between 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter.

Brown recluse spiders are active from spring to fall, seeking cooler areas like attics and basements, and homeowners can ...

Brown recluse spiders are not aggressive and bite rarely, Skvarla says. When bites do occur, they rarely result in more notable symptoms than a small red mark and localized pain similar to other ...

Household spiders are generally not dangerous, but to keep your mind at ease, follow this cheat sheet of the most common home and garden spiders.

Brown recluse spiders are also known as fiddleback spiders, and it is this dark brown shape of a violin right behind its eyes that makes it easy to identify. Brown recluse spiders are only about ...

COLUMBIA - Brown Recluse spiders recently invaded a home in Marble Hill, Mo., and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MoDOC) reports you can find them statewide. According to the MoDOC, ...

Learn how to handle a brown recluse spider safely, identifying the risks and preventing bites while maintaining calm in case of an encounter.

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