The latest known case occurred just this summer in the Italian town of Bari, where a 23-year-old man died following a suspected bite by a Mediterranean recluse spider, also known as a brown ...

Harry Bell is sharing his frightening ordeal after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. Bell was bitten last week on his ...

The brown recluse spider, also known as “the violin spider” due to a distinctive violin-shaped marking on its cephalothorax, prefer dark, secluded areas, such as closets, attics, and basements.