Brown Recluse Spiders
The brown recluse spider is yellowish to light brown in color. It has a dark brown violin pattern on back. This spider is about the size of a quarter, including its legs. In addition, it has three pairs of eyes in a semicircle on its head.
The brown recluse has three pairs of eyes surrounded by a violin shape and the actual body length is 1/4 to 1/2 inches.
Habitat:
Indoors - storage areas, attics, closets, clutter, piles of clothing, stored boxes, furniture, stacks of paper, storage under beds
Outdoors - debris, utility boxes, woodpiles, under bark, outdoor storage buildings, leaves
Bite:
The brown recluse spider has a bite that affects body tissue. The severity of the bite depends upon:
* Individual immunity
* Age of spider
* Area of body bitten
* Amount of venom injected
* Depth of bite
* Temperature
The bites themselves are painless. However, after 3-4 hours, the victim will experience some pain; in 6-12 hours blisters and some pus will appear; in 12-48 hours a bullseye pattern of blue white and red will appear. Symptoms of a reaction include fever, vomiting, cramps, and spleen enlargement.
Less than 25% of the population exhibits a severe reaction called Necrosis (death of human tissue).
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