Brown Recluse Spider

Dark, undisturbed areas such as basements, attics, and closets indoors, or under rocks and bark outdoors.

Insects captured through active hunting rather than web trapping.

Noxious nocturnal hunters that retreat to tight crevices when disturbed and build irregular, sticky webs primarily for shelter.

Possesses a necrotic venom capable of causing severe dermonecrotic lesions in humans, but benefits the ecosystem by controlling household pest populations.