Brown Recluse Spider

    This Arachnid, commonly called a violin or fiddleback spider, is found in undisturbed areas of the home, usually behind furniture or in dark closets, corners, and clothing that has been left unused for long periods of time. Outdoors, the spider may be found in sheltered corners, in and around debris, in old barns, sheds, and garages. Its legs are long and can reach the span size of what we used to call the "half dollar." The recluse is a tangled web weaver; the web is just a bunch of irregular strands of webbing without any symmetry. Stradivarius's violin shape is seen on the top side of the head and thorax. The marking is adjacent to its three eyes which are arranged in a semicircle. The neck of the violin markings point in a direction towards its fat unmarked abdomen.
Poisonous—yes!
     When antagonized they will bite with a venomous fluid that can cause severe reactions and pain. A small blister rises surrounded by swelling. If a victim of its bite is very sensitive to insect bites, they may have dizziness, chills, weakness, and other recognizable systems. Enzymes from the venom can destroy flesh and create a large hole in the flesh that requires months to heal.

Out at night hunting for non-human prey as food!
     This spider like most others has an aspirator type of mouth, which, after the enzymes have decomposed the victim's flesh to a liquid, will suck the fluids out of the victim's body. Also, they have four pair of legs motorized by some muscles in their legs, primarily by the pressure of the blood in their body that makes their legs extend. If the recluse has not sucked enough fluids from the victim's body, the recluse's own body will not have enough fluids and its blood pressure will drop. Then it will not be able to walk. Isn't it strange that the spiders can store enough food in their body which enables them to go about a year without eating.
Silk
     All spiders have at least three kinds of silk glands. Some produce a dry web, some a sticky web, some a thin strand, or a thick strand when combining two or more of its silk glands. The strands are pure protein. Also, it is amazing to know that they have what is called a drop line. Some have this ability to spin a single strand of silk and drop from a tree branch to the ground. Some simply hang in the air until the danger they sensed has left the area. Their usual predators are—snakes, frogs, toads, lizards, birds, and even some insects that relish a spider or two.
Out to get you?
     The Brown recluse spider is not aggressive. The word recluse describes the seclusion preferred by Mr. fiddleback. He normally bites only when crushed, handled, or roughly disturbed. Most spiders are found in their webbing. Go slow and your problems are nil.

Questions please!
 1. How many poisonous spiders are there in North America?
 Answer: Six kinds—four Widows, one Lynx, and the Recluse.
2. Why are spiders valuable to human beings?
 Answer: They eat harmful insects.
3. How many spiders are there?
 Answer: 30,000 identified and up to 100,000 more walking, and lurking in the neighborhood.