The brown recluse spider is common in Southern states. Its bites can be life-threatening. Harold G. Scott/Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Earlier this week, a seven-year-old girl in Arkansas ...

Summer means that pests, like humans, are seeking a cool environment, potentially in your home. While some may be no more ...

But before you enter "panic mode" and drum up visceral scenarios of the U.S.'s most venomous spider, aka brown recluse spider ...

Actual brown recluse spiders, Loxosceles reclusa, live in the southern US, in the area shown on the map below. The top map is a good rule of thumb; the four lower maps are from in-depth studies ...

Brown recluse spiders are not typically found in Michigan, ... did not recover the actual spiders, so don't make the map of confirmed sightings. "In the past 14 months, ...

Swollen: Brown recluse spider bites don’t usually cause significant swelling unless they’re on the face or feet. Exudative: Brown recluse bites don’t usually leak or cause exudate (pus).

Georgia-based singer Gabe Lustman spent five days in the hospital and nearly lost his leg due to a brown recluse spider bite. Here's what to know about symptoms and treatments.

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.

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.