The most dangerous spiders on the planet are the black widow and brown recluse. Of the widow you can read in our encyclopedia on. Now learn about the brown recluse spider.

This arthropod inhabits the southern and central United States, especially many of them in California. Sometimes a spider catches and on the Australian continent, although it was brought here in the 70 years from America. He has a brown body color, while the back has a specific pattern in the form of violin. Brown recluse quite small, only 6 mm, maximum - 2 cm, it can simply ignore. In most cases, people cannot see who it was bitten. The thing is that these spiders are very fond of creep into houses to people. There, they hide in boxes, pantries, cracks and crevices, under furniture and in closets.

The danger of brown recluse spider bite is often that it almost painless, and there are no signs of poison. That is why the victims may put off a visit to the doctor, thereby only exacerbating their situation.

After a day at the site of the bite is noted a slight burning sensation, and then severe pain, there is a seal around it begins to grow a tumor. Then forms an ulcer with an area of necrosis in the center. This ulcer may not be completely overgrown, as is skin necrosis.

By the bite of a brown recluse spider, symptoms resembling the flu: general weakness, malaise, fever, runny nose and cough. With minimal skin manifestations of common symptoms (egg pain and tonic muscle spasms) could become intense. It is also possible the emergence of sweating, dizziness, excessive salivation. However, in some cases may occur renal failure, malfunction of the heart, causing death.

Cases of bites of brown spiders very much. For example, in 2005 in a prison in Arizona has suffered just 16 prisoners from arthropods. All of them were immediately taken to hospital.

If you are bitten by a brown recluse spider, you have to be immediately hospitalized. Very important event in first aid until the doctors arrive. First, you must not touch the bitten part, and secondly, to put the ice - it will suspend development of the tumor.

Spiders - are the ideal machines created for silent and instant kill. Patient and calculating, Arachnidan (for this class belong all spiders) weave their murderous network, crises-crossing invisible sticky threads all the land. 30,000 species of spiders live side by side with man in his home, his business holdings, as well as in each forest, field, and pond. If a man could imagine at one time all the surrounding spiders, probably would have gone mad with terror or ill arachnophobia at the same moment.

Did you know that the recluse spider bite can cause fatal skin damage and even death? It is caused by the single bite of the brown recluse spider, one of the only 4 known species of dangerous spiders in the Unites States. Native only to US Southeastern and Midwestern states, the brown recluse spider is characterized with a violin pattern on the back of its cepalothorax. These non-hairy spiders with colors ranging from brown to yellow have only six eyes, which gives them the genus Loxosceles.

As with its name recluse, these spiders are known to be non-aggressive and lives in dark, uninhabited places like attics, basements and closets. They only bite when threatened or when they are pressed up hard against the human's bare skin.

Although some people experience minor burning sensation after being bitten by the recluse spider, most of the time they go unnoticed and symptoms only appear after 2-8 hours. Common symptoms include: Severe pain and itching at the bite site, vomiting, high fever, muscle pain, blistering, redness and firmness of skin. Usually, the treated area will heal and will cause no scars but in rare cases, necrotic lesions would appear, causing necrosis or death of skin tissues.

There are reported deaths caused by the recluse spider bite especially on young children below 7 years old and it is believed that their bite can cause severe reactions like necrosis. However, recent theories belie the fact that the spider bite is the main cause of the fatalities. Many arachnologist and entomologist believe receiving a bite from brown recluse spider is rare even if you have them as pets.

Moreover, many people share false stories and photos related to the brown recluse spider bite. They are actually caused by conditions like pyoderma gangrenosum and necrotizing bacteria. Misdiagnosis is also an underlying factor for such untrue stories, like allergic reaction to medication, infection, Lyme disease, diabetic ulcer and many others. Treatments to brown recluse spider bites are even simple, as 90% of it do not need medical attention and can be cured even without the doctor's prescription. The most common of it is the RICE therapy or Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.

In the end, it doesn't imply that we should ignore the basic rule of safety and avoidance. May it be spiders or any other insect; they should be respected and should not be harmed. Not unless if you want to get a recluse spider bite, in which case the consequences are yours to burden.