Brown Recluse Spider

How big is the Brown Recluse Spider?
The size of the Brown Recluse Spider can be between 6 to 20 millimetres but may grow bigger.

Where does the Brown Recluse Spider live, what is its habitat?
This spider can be found predominately in:

• Woodpiles

• Sheds

• Closets

• Beds

• Garages

• Plenum

• Cellae's

• Other places that are dry and in generally undisturbed places.

When living in a human residents, they seam to favour cardboard, maybe because it resembles rotting tree bark which they would normally make their home in the wild. They have also been found living in shoes, inside dressers, in bed sheets that aren't used very often, in stacks or piles of clothes, behind pictures and when the ambient temperature is lower they will be found near sources of warmth. 

What is the average life span of the Brown Recluse Spider?
This type of spider lives on average for 1.5 years with a few living well over 2 years.

Does the Brown Recluse Spider have good eyesight?
Generally speaking the spider has poor eyesight and un like most spiders, having eight eyes, they have six.

Facts and Information about the Brown Recluse Spiders
Did you know the following facts about the arachnid commonly known as the Brown Recluse Spider?

• Fact One - Eggs are deposited in sheltered areas and in an off white coloured egg sack

• Fact Two - Spider lings will malt five to eight times before adulthood

• Fact Three - These spiders only have six eyes

• Fact Four - The abdomen is covered with fine short hairs

• Fact Five - When threatened, they usually flee

• Fact Six - They will avoid conflict

Classification of the Brown Recluse Spider
Species of spiders are classified according to shared physical characteristics. Spider taxonomy is the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms in a hierarchical system. This method of classification helps when a description of 40,000 spiders is required! The organization of living things have seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. The classification of the Brown Recluse Spider is as follows:

Kingdom: Animalia
(Kingdom relates to the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia) :

Phylum: Arthropoda
(Phyla are groups of classes. A series of animals or plants genetically connected with shared characteristics. The second biggest grouping in taxonomy. Arthropoda are jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids, crustaceans, insects etc

Order: Araneae
A taxonomic order, within the class Arachnida (spiders)

Subclass:
The Subclass is nother taxonomic category below a class and above an order which helps in the classification process

Family: Sicariidae
Another taxonomic category below an order and above a genus which helps in the classification process.

Genus: Loxosceles
Another taxonomic category below a family and above the level of species which helps in the classification process.

Species: L. reclusa
Specis is a taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.

Spider Exterminators - Pest Control 
Generally speaking, people do not like spiders especially Brown Recluse Spiders and most of all, do not want them in their homes! There are many forms of pest control and ways to exterminate spiders such as Brown Recluse Spiders. There are spider exterminators, services, spider zappers, spider traps, spider repeller, spider catchers, spider traps for the removal and extermination process. Advice is available on subjects such as pest controls, pest prevention, spider catchers, spider exterminators and how to kill spiders like Brown Recluse Spiders. Some people would like to eliminate spiders from there homes completely, this can be very difficult as an open window on a summers day will allow spiders in, even opening your front door when entering and leaving will allow pesky spiders in. It is very easy to get rid of Brown Recluse Spiders by catching them yourself. Its best not to kill spiders as they are very important in controlling the level of other insects that are pests.