what about brown widow spider No need to worry – brown recluse spiders rare in Georgia?”
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES Over the years, the group of spiders to which the brown recluse belongs has been known by various colloquial names: “violin” spiders, “fiddleback” spiders, “recluse” spiders, and “brown” spiders. The American Arachnological Society chose “recluse spiders” as the official common name for this group. The scientific name for the recluse spider group is Loxosceles (lox-SOS-a-leez) and rhymes somewhat with “isosceles” as in the triangle. Whereas “isosceles” means equal legs, “loxosceles” means slanted legs, referring to the way the spiders hold their legs at rest. All known members of the group have a scientific name, and the more familiar members of this group also have common names (e.g., brown recluse, desert recluse, Arizona recluse). IDENTIFICATION The most definitive physical feature of recluse spiders is their eyes: most spiders have eight eyes that typically are arranged in two rows of four, but recluse spiders have six equal-sized eyes arranged in three
<< This is a Brown Recluse spider. If you live in the Southern States of the US, or the Midwest, you’re probably already familiar with this little critter. And if you dont live in those areas - no worries. Your chances of running into one are slim to none. I’d always heard that you could identify them by the fiddle on their back (which is why they are sometimes called "fiddlebacks")… but I had never been close enough to one to be able to make out any kind of fiddle shape. As you can see on the map, Tennessee is pretty well covered. That happens to be where I live. Let me tell you my story… I live in a quiet residential neighborhood in the middle of town. Not out in the woods or down by the water or any other ‘ideal’ place for a spider habitat. Unfortunately, the Brown Recluse doesnt seem to be all that particular about their surroundings. They showed up in late Spring. At first it was just one or two, but within a week I had killed about a dozen of the same spider. I didnt think much o
