What is a brown recluse?

Answer 1

As its name indicates, it has the ability of hiding in your homes in the darkest and smallest places it can find. This species of spider normally attacks its prey injecting venom along with their bite. The venom of this spider is powerful, it is used to kill other insects.

If bitten, remain calm, and immediately seek medical attention (contact your physician, hospital and/or poison control center). Apply an ice pack directly to the bite area to relieve swelling and pain but avoid exessive cold so you do not cause further injury. Collect the spider (even a mangled specimen has diagnostic value), if possible, for positive identification by a spider expert. A plastic bag, small jar, or pill vial is useful and no preservative is necessary, but rubbing alcohol helps to preserve the spider. The bites usually are more dangerous in kids, young adults and third age people. The symptoms are also affected by the standard of life, being more dramatical in poorly fed people. In a first instance, the bite appears and the area is raised by inflammation which surrounds the affected area. This area expands, changes to a red color, and the skin appears to harden. The victim is affected with fever, shiverings, nausea and vomiting. With time, the injury grows to an ulcer. The ulcer has a dry bottom, blue or gray borders, and an erythematous area of red color in the periphery. It measures between 1 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches. It causes pain and is generally deep.

Healing takes months and leaves scars on the surface of the skin. Sometimes surgery is required in order to extract the necrotic tissue, and plastic surgery helps to repair the scar. The brown recluse has no interest in humans whatsoever; its bite is always "unintencional", which means the arachnid will only bite when being threathened or accidentally touched.

Location of the Brown Recluse takes part mainly in the central midwestern states southward to the Gulf of Mexico, specially in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. Important: Anyway, these spiders can and do spread, travelling inside boxes and packaging. In order to find this spider in its natural habitat, although that would be very unwise to go looking for this poisonous spider, the first place to start looking is beneath rocks and inside tree holes. This arachnid, however, benefits itself from the human contact ; this type of animal relationship is called "synantrophic". Since the spider has nocturnal habits, the humans artificial light attracts them because of the large number of insects that are normally gathered around the light bulbs, and so the brown recluse spider ends up inside your home in search for them.

AnswerA poisonous spider that eats flesh and makes the skin rot.

Answer 2

A brown recluse is a venomous spider species commonly found in the United States. They are known for their distinctive violin-shaped marking on their back and their reclusive nature, preferring to hide in dark, secluded places. Their venom can cause serious reactions in humans, so it's important to seek medical attention if bitten.