Prepare for your next holiday down South by reading up on the one state with a surprising number of venomous spiders. Plus, ...

However, the violin shape is easy to misinterpret, so it is best to look at the eyes when determining whether a spider is a brown recluse. The recluse's eyes are one of its most distinctive ...

Another telltale sign is the number of eyes. A brown recluse will have only six; an American house spider has eight. American ...

Brown recluse spiders are light brown. A mature spider has a dark violin-shaped area on its back, right behind the eyes (but young spiders don’t have this mark yet). It may be bigger than other ...

Not every spider that is brown is a recluse. They are identified by their number and pattern of eyes. If you can get close enough, you can determine which species of spider you are observing.

Unlike most spiders, a brown recluse has six eyes. If you get bitten, you might notice a sting, then a small white blister. Brown recluse venom can severely damage skin, causing a necrotic wound ...

For this reason, the brown recluse is sometimes called the “violin spider” or “fiddleback spider.” Brown recluses have six eyes instead of the usual eight. These eyes are arranged in a ...

Three sets of two eyes each (most spiders have eight eyes rather than six) Whitworth said the brown recluse usually has a dark violin shape on the front part of its body, and the back part is ...

In horror movies, tarantulas and black widow spiders made frequent appearances, but it’s the brown recluse that gives me a ...

Brown Recluse spiders can be identifed by the characteristic ... with whitish ring and large red outer "bulls eye" ring. Ulcer or blister that turns black. Headache, body aches, rash, fever ...

She is suffering from scars and painful and itchy rashes and had to start wearing a patch on her eye. A brown recluse spider is one of three venomous spiders found in the United States ...

Wolf spiders have eight eyes: four little eyes and two pairs ... Brown wolf spiders can sometimes be confused for brown recluse spiders, which are extremely venomous and — in extreme cases ...