Keep your home safe from brown recluse spiders with these effective prevention tips. Learn natural repellents, sealing tricks, and when to call pest control.

Brown recluse spiders aren't native to that part of Florida. The notion of poisonous spiders that live in people's houses creates a hysteria even in places that aren't brown-recluse habitat.

Its natural habitat consists of forested places where it lives in holes in dead snags, fallen logs and under rocks. But the brown recluse has become well known for living inside people's homes.

The brown recluse is known to occur in a range from southeastern Nebraska to southwestern Ohio, south to northwestern Georgia and into Texas. Occurrences outside that range are exceedingly rare.

First and foremost, brown recluse spiders choose dark nesting sites with warmth and little moisture within their range. If you don't live in a state with brown recluse spiders (such as California ...

Jeff Williams, with Integrity Pest Control, said there are simple steps homeowners can take to keep them out of houses, ...

Vetter was so tired of doctors blaming the much-maligned spider, he started the Brown Recluse Challenge. Of 1,800 specimens sent to him, only 350 turned out to be the real deal.

Skin lesions are often misdiagnosed as a brown recluse spider bite when they're actually a tick bite or MRSA or even skin cancer. Here's how to tell the difference.

The brown recluse bites only when it is disturbed and feels threatened. But if it is exploring bed clothes at night, that moment may come when a man simply rolls over in his sleep.