How to Use brown recluse spider in a Sentence

brown recluse spider

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  • What does a brown recluse spider look like?
    — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • True to its name, the brown recluse spiders hides out in dark corners of logs and rocks.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The brown recluse spider is usually found in warm southern states.
    — Wzzm, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2018
  • Boulton claims the brown recluse spider bite was the cause, though doctors couldn't confirm that was the case.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 18 July 2018
  • Marcie did not have those symptoms, so it was assumed that she was bitten by a brown recluse spider.
    — Dawn Filos, Philly.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • By that point, the two bite marks appeared on her buttock, and it was confirmed as a bite from a brown recluse spider.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • The Mediterranean recluse spider is a cousin to the brown recluse spider, but is even more reclusive.
    — Rebekah Riess and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Deaths from brown recluse spiders have been reported only in children younger than seven years.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • Hu says that all brown recluse spider victims should seek medical treatment from licensed doctors.
    — al, 28 June 2022
  • Small puncture wounds are usually caused by either widow spiders or brown recluse spiders.
    — Dawn Filos, Philly.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • How to identify a brown recluse Purdue's guide says a mature brown recluse spider's leg span is about the size of a half dollar.
    — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024
  • As for the infamous brown recluse spider, its range is in the south-central United States, nowhere near here.
    — Erin Middlewood | The Columbian, oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Other harmless brown spiders often are mistaken for brown recluse spiders.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Brown recluse Similar to the black widow, brown recluse spiders also have a distinct marking.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • Things are no less calm inside Beau’s apartment, where a sign on the door informs tenants of an infestation of brown recluse spiders.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The most common and most famous species in the United States is the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa.
    — al, 28 June 2022
  • Wolf spider Wolf spiders are usually confused with tarantulas and brown recluse spiders.
    — Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018
  • Newsweek has previously mapped the habitat of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, as well as the black widow and brown recluse spiders.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • As their name indicates, brown recluse spiders (Loxosceles reclusa) would prefer to hide and avoid interacting with us.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Venomous spider bites tend to look a bit more concerning, though; for example, a brown recluse spider bite can turn purple-ish, which means the skin tissue is dying.
    — Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The brown recluse spider is the only other arachnid in Maryland that is potentially harmful to people.
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Indiana has native animals and other species that are dangerous, such as rattlesnakes, coyotes, and brown recluse spiders.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2018
  • Cold winter temperatures are thought to be a limiting factor in brown recluse spider populations.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 27 Apr. 2017
  • It is commonly thought that hobo and brown recluse spiders cause necrotic bites in this state, when in fact the brown recluse is not found in Oregon and the hobo spider does not cause necrotic bites.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • Sean has always found solace in the mountains but even more so after his older brother died suddenly from a brown recluse spider bite when Sean was 16.
    — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2022
  • From a black widow found in store bought broccoli to a Tennessee woman who claims her apartment is infested with dozens of brown recluse spiders, these eight-legged creatures can be found just about anywhere.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • But a Kansas City woman was horrified to learn that, in her case, that waterlogged feeling was actually caused by a venomous brown recluse spider lodged in her ear canal.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Chilean Recluse Spider The Chilean recluse spider is one of the most venomous spiders on the planet and is closely related to the brown recluse spider.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • But peak monthly trapping came in September and October 2022, when there were 92 brown recluse spiders caught in the building.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Bites from brown recluse spiders can cause severe, skin-destroying lesions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2018

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