brown recluse spiders
Fiddle-backed crawlers
Brown recluse spiders are venomous arachnids native to the central and southern United States, recognizable by the violin-shaped marking on their backs.
They're called recluse because they prefer dark, undisturbed spaces—closets, attics, woodpiles.
Their bite can cause tissue necrosis, though serious reactions are uncommon.
She shook out her boots to check for brown recluse spiders.
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- arachnidEight-legged wingless arthropod
- eight legsArachnid or cephalopod trait
- woodpilesHeaped cut timber
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