The desert recluse is one of the two most common types of recluse spiders in Arizona. It is often mislabeled as a brown recluse in Western Arizona, Southern California and the southern tip of Nevada.

The Arizona brown spider, mainly found in Arizona, is somewhat similar to the more famous brown recluse spider. However, it’s ever-so-slightly smaller than the brown recluse, measuring about one ...

A bite from a brown recluse spider, or Loxosceles reclusa, can be mild or severe and may require medical attention. The toxins from this spider’s bite can cause tissue death. Bites from the ...

“In my opinion, after 40 years of doing pest control and household pests, I think the brown recluse spider is probably our most common household spider,” said Jeff Whitworth, entomologist and ...

“There’s about four out of five recluse spiders in the U.S. The brown recluse is the largest ... central and southeastern Arizona and New Mexico.” Schaller says, like the western black ...

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - A woman is recovering after being bit by a venomous spider. Jessica Rogue, 44, said she encountered several brown recluse spiders while cleaning out a shed outside of he ...

The venomous brown recluse spider, whose bite can cause reactions ranging from minor irritation to flesh-killing necrosis and even death, may be finding in Michigan a more comfortable home than ...