North Carolina is home to dozens of species of spiders. While most species of spiders are relatively harmless, two poisonous species are common in the Tar Heel state, the black widow and the brown recluse spider. Black Widow Spider The black widow spider may cause severe neurological problems and under extreme circumstances, even death. Female […]

Brown recluse spiders, or Loxosceles reclusa, belong to a family including eleven indigenous US species and are also, due to a marking on their backs, known as violin or fiddle-back spiders. Because other spider family members have a similar marking, the violin shape isnt the brown recluses most distinguishing feature. The thing that sets the brown […]