Brown Recluse Spider

Indoors in dark, undisturbed areas like basements, attics, and closets; outdoors under rocks and debris.

Carnivorous; hunts soft-bodied insects like cockroaches, crickets, and flies.

Nocturnal hunters that do not use webs to catch prey; they are reclusive and shy, preferring to flee rather than bite.

Possesses necrotic venom that can cause severe skin lesions (loxoscelism) in humans; provides ecological benefit by controlling pest insect populations.