Brown recluse spider: Fact vs. fiction and tips for prevention
Any spider can disturb a quiet night or a daytime chore around the house.
Any spider can disturb a quiet night or a daytime chore around the house.
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2023
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There are two characteristics that work together to make spider silk so strong and tough.
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2020
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It's early in the morning. The buzzer goes off, you switch on the light and immediately panic: a large spider sits on your bedroom wall!
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2019
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In 2017, a group of us decided to tackle the ever-present problem of spider misidentification by creating the Twitter account @RecluseOrNot. Focused mainly around the eponymous recluse spiders – particularly, but not limited ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2019
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Scientists are spinning out the secrets of one of nature's most intriguing and potentially valuable materials—spider silk.
Materials Science
Nov 7, 2018
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One of the first things you should know about the brown recluse spider is that its reputation far exceeds its actual prevalence.
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2018
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Brown recluse spiders use a unique micro looping technique to make their threads stronger than that of any other spider, a newly published UK-US collaboration has discovered.
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2017
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The brown recluse spider is on a lot of minds. Usually between 6-11 millimeters in body length, this spider has a venomous bite. Just about everyone thinks he or she has seen this spider running through the house or claims ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2015
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This is the time of year when the Kansas State University entomology department receives a lot of calls. The question most asked: Why am I getting so many spiders in my house?
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2014
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Vanderbilt medical toxicologists are reporting an increase in patients seen with brown recluse spider bites this summer.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2014
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