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Tytanium-K Prowler Junkie Posts: 3017 |
posted 04-22-2005 08:11 AM
'Brown recluse spider. The brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, is a dusky tan or brown spider with the widest range of any recluse spider in the U.S. - from central Texas north to Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa, and south through Illinois, North and South Carolina, northwestern Georgia and Alabama, with a few sightings in adjacent states and where they have been transported in luggage and household furnishings. Other species of recluse spiders live in the Southwest, particularly in desert areas. This spider lives outdoors in the southern part of its range and primarily indoors throughout the rest of its distribution. It is commonly found in older homes in the Midwest. The brown recluse is smaller than the black widow. It has an oval abdomen rather than a round one. The abdomen is uniformly tan to brown without marking. A dark, fiddle-shaped mark is obvious on the cephalothorax: The broad base of the fiddle begins at the eyes and the narrow fiddle neck ends just above the attachment of the abdomen. Legs are long, with the second pair longer than the first. The brown recluse makes a fine, irregular web. It commonly wanders in the evening in indoor infestations. Another medically important spider, the hobo spider, is restricted to the Northwest. Recluse spiders avoid parts of rooms where human activity is prevalent, remaining where there is no activity and in closed or unused rooms. Even though indoor infestations can be large, household inhabitants are seldom bitten. Bites can be expected when guestrooms are suddenly put into use or when stored clothing is brought out for use. Brown recluse bites are sharp but not initially painful like those of the black widow. A blister is quickly raised, broken and surrounded by a red welt. The depressed center of this raised red circle (the size of a dime to a quarter) turns dark within a day. The dead tissue sloughs away, and the bite area scars over in one to eight weeks. Death seldom occurs, but the bite is debilitating and psychologically traumatic. The spider is delicate. After biting, it frequently can be found lying where it was slapped by the victim. It should be killed and taken to the physician for positive identification. Other biting arthropods can produce lesions resembling the bite of the brown recluse spider. This message has been edited by Tytanium-K on 04-22-2005 at 08:26 AM |
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Tytanium-K Prowler Junkie Posts: 3017 |
posted 04-24-2005 07:34 AM
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