Brown recluse spiders tend to hole up in dark, quiet places. These can be indoors (think a cluttered attic, dusty closet corner or crawl spaces) or outdoor, lurking in piles of leaves, sheds or ...

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Adults almost always have a dark “violin-shaped” mark on their heads. For this reason, the brown recluse is sometimes called the “violin spider” or “fiddleback spider.” Brown recluses ...