Brown Recluse Control in Your Home

Sometimes referred to as a ‘fiddleback’ or ‘violin’ spider due to the identifiable violin marking on their back, brown recluse spiders’ coloration ranges from tan to dark brown, and the abdomen and legs are uniformly colored with no stripes, bands, or mottling. The legs are long and thin and lack conspicuous spines.

Though variable in size, adult brown recluse spiders with legs extended are about the size of a U.S. quarter.

Brown recluse live outdoors under logs, woodpiles, debris, and rocks, but they can live virtually anywhere indoors. Brown recluse spiders will also live happily in attics and are resilient enough to survive the winter – even in unheated basements and garages. Brown recluse spiders may also live behind walls, inhabit the voids within concrete block foundations, as well as in garages, attics, basements, and crawl spaces.

Brown recluse spider bites rarely kill people, but it’s important to get medical attention as soon as you can because they can make you pretty sick. In rare circumstances a necrotic-like sore could result.

Brown recluse spiders are difficult to eradicate, largely because of their secretive habits. Virtually any dark, undisturbed area can serve as harborage, and many such places occur within buildings. Because of this (and the potential health threat), treatment is best performed by professionals. Calling in a brown recluse spider exterminator is your best bet.

The best way to identify a brown recluse spider is the distinct violin marking on their back. Brown recluse spiders were given their name due to their reclusive nature and preference to retreat to dark and secluded areas especially during daylight hours. They will hunt at night. Because of that, they’re difficult to even see let alone identify.

Brown recluse spider bites rarely kill people, but it’s important to get medical attention as soon as you can because they can make you pretty sick. In rare circumstances a necrotic-like sore could result.