The average brown recluse spider is much smaller than the average ... While both of these spiders prefer to be left alone by ...

The colors are usually earth-toned, for the spider is part of the diet of many larger animals and needs to stay camouflaged ...

The latest known case occurred just this summer in the Italian town of Bari, where a 23-year-old man died following a suspected bite by a Mediterranean recluse spider, also known as a brown ...