Brown Recluse

Dark, dry, undisturbed areas such as woodpiles, basements, attics, and inside closets or cardboard boxes.

Insects including cockroaches, crickets, and other spiders. They hunt at night rather than catching prey in webs.

Nocturnal and non-aggressive, typically biting only when cornered or pressed against skin. They build irregular, silk 'retreat' webs.

Necrotic venom can cause significant skin lesions and medical issues in humans; however, they provide pest control by eating disease-carrying insects.