Yes they are. I was biten by one while doing yard work in Chester County. I was lucky that I went to the doctor when the bite area first developed a black center. I was started on medication and even though the area was painful and I developed headaches, flu like body aches and a general fatigue I made a complete recovery. It did take weeks for the bite to completely heal.
No, Brown Recluse Spiders do not live in Pennsylvania.
The brown recluse does not have a backbone.
The Brown Recluse reproduces sexually.
The Brown Recluse and the Black Widow are both poisonous and native to New Mexico.
The glue boards are a great brown recluse repellent.
The brown recluse (No, the brown recluse is brown, not black. It also has black pattern on its back resembling a violin. Thus, the brown recluse's nickname of fiddle-back.)
Sydney brown trapdoor spider was created in 1878.
The brown recluse spider is native to the United States from the southern Midwest south to the Gulf of Mexico.
The brown recluse spider or loxosceles reclusa is known to have a life span of 1.5 years but can live longer under proper conditions. The brown recluse was even seen alive for 7 years in a lab setting. The brown recluse can live 6-12 months without food.
no
yes i had a friend who died from a spider bite she was only 25
Yes, probably not as bad as the Brown Recluse spiders but yes.