Georgia is home to several spider species, and some are venomous. What do they look like? How dangerous are they? What to do ...

The brown widow spider may sound like someone confusing other venomous spiders like the black widow or brown recluse. Despite the confusion, the brown recluse spider is real and, for people who ...

A relative of the black widow, the brown widow has lighter-colored markings, pale legs with dark joints, and a yellow-orange hourglass marking on its abdomen. The bite is neuropathic like the ...

Brown recluses prefer dark, quiet spaces, such as storage rooms and attics. These spiders possess necrotic venom, which causes cell and tissue damage, and their bites sometimes require medical ...

The brown widow spider has a distinctive hourglass-shaped mark on its belly that is tan or orange in colour. Photo: TNS A poisonous spider, once confined to Africa, is slowly spreading around the ...

A relative of the black widow, the brown widow has lighter-colored markings, pale legs with dark joints, and a yellow-orange hourglass marking on its abdomen. The bite is neuropathic like the ...

Brown Widow spiders are close relatives to Black Widows, and the Brown Widow can be identified by its tan body and an orange hourglass marking on the abdomen. This kind of spider favors various ...