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It is usually between 6–20 mm (¼ in and ¾ in), but may grow larger. It is
brown and sometimes an almost deep yellow color and usually has
markings on the dorsal side of its cephalothorax, with a black line coming
from it that looks like a violin with the neck of the violin pointing to the rear
of the spider, resulting in the nicknames fiddleback spider, brown fiddler
or violin spider. Coloring varies from light tan to brown and the violin
marking may not be visible. Though it rarely bites humans, this spider is
known primarily for its venom, which occasionally produces necrosis at
the site of the bite. Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently
include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads. These spiders
frequently build their webs in woodpiles and sheds, closets, garages,
plenum, cellars and other places that are dry and generally undisturbed.
They seem to favor cardboard when dwelling in human residences,
possibly because it mimics the rotting tree bark which they inhabit
naturally. They also tend to be found in shoes, inside dressers, in bed
sheets of infrequently used beds, in stacks of clothes, behind
baseboards, behind pictures and near furnaces. The common source of
human-recluse contact is during the cleaning of these spaces, when
their isolated spaces are suddenly disturbed and the spider feels
threatened. Unlike most web weavers, they leave these webs at night to
hunt. Males will move around more when hunting with the female spiders
tending to remain nearer to their webs.
Source - Wikipedia.org
brown and sometimes an almost deep yellow color and usually has
markings on the dorsal side of its cephalothorax, with a black line coming
from it that looks like a violin with the neck of the violin pointing to the rear
of the spider, resulting in the nicknames fiddleback spider, brown fiddler
or violin spider. Coloring varies from light tan to brown and the violin
marking may not be visible. Though it rarely bites humans, this spider is
known primarily for its venom, which occasionally produces necrosis at
the site of the bite. Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently
include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads. These spiders
frequently build their webs in woodpiles and sheds, closets, garages,
plenum, cellars and other places that are dry and generally undisturbed.
They seem to favor cardboard when dwelling in human residences,
possibly because it mimics the rotting tree bark which they inhabit
naturally. They also tend to be found in shoes, inside dressers, in bed
sheets of infrequently used beds, in stacks of clothes, behind
baseboards, behind pictures and near furnaces. The common source of
human-recluse contact is during the cleaning of these spaces, when
their isolated spaces are suddenly disturbed and the spider feels
threatened. Unlike most web weavers, they leave these webs at night to
hunt. Males will move around more when hunting with the female spiders
tending to remain nearer to their webs.
Source - Wikipedia.org
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