The brown recluse spider vs. the desert recluse spider. The desert recluse spider, besides being the reason behind the myth ...

California has no known colonies of brown recluse spiders, although there is a desert recluse in the area of Death Valley. If you see what you think is brown recluse, the odds are vastly in your ...

It’s hard to think of a critter that inspires as much hyperbolic hysteria as the brown recluse spider. They’re pretty much universally hated. If you believe the tales, these small arachnids ...

“A brown recluse being up here in Alaska, that’s not gonna happen. That’s a desert spider and this is Alaska, man. We don’t have any of the food that they have, we don’t have cockroaches ...

A spider looking very much like the much-feared brown recluse was seen in Santa Rosa. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 43°F.

Thar Desert wall spiders are small, only reaching about a tenth of an inch in length, researchers said. They have dark brown bodies with eight eyes and eight legs.

Thar Desert wall spiders are small, only reaching about a tenth of an inch in length, researchers said. They have dark brown bodies with eight eyes and eight legs.

A brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus with the orange hourglass marking clearly visible. Captured and photographed in Los Angeles, California. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) ...

Thar Desert wall spiders are small, only reaching about a tenth of an inch in length, researchers said. They have dark brown bodies with eight eyes and eight legs.