Brown widow spiders are venomous, but their bites are considered much less dangerous than other venomous spiders.

Brown recluse spiders are showing up in Missouri homes more often this time of year, but experts say, despite their ...

California has no known colonies of brown recluse spiders, although there is a desert recluse in the area of Death Valley.

Brown Recluse spiders are not native to California. Despite media reports and social media postings, there are no populations of Brown Recluse spiders in California.

Brown recluse spiders are one of two harmful spiders that live in the U.S. Find out what might happen if you’re bitten and how to treat the wound.

Here's what to know about brown recluse spiders and how to avoid getting bitten by them.

These pictures are of the damage done by a bite of the brown recluse spider over a period of 10 days. These are not for the faint of heart to view as they are quite graphic. Variations: A February ...

According to University of California, Riverside's spider research, 90% of brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring. Can a brown recluse bite kill you?

It’s hard to think of a critter that inspires as much hyperbolic hysteria as the brown recluse spider. They’re pretty much universally hated. If you believe the tales, these small arachnids ...

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.

Yet people in California frequently relate stories in which they or someone they know was supposedly bitten or they have had a physician diagnose them with a brown recluse spider bite," Vetter said.

DEAR JOAN: I was just reading a column you wrote related to the brown recluse spider in California. I found the article based on a search because I believe I have found one in my yard today. I saw ...