Spider, Brown Recluse

They are usually found indoors, in bathrooms, bedrooms, closets, garages, basements and cellars. Also, in homes with forced hot air heating and air conditioning and often above-ceiling duct work, brown recluse spiders can be found harboring in or around the duct work or registers.

Other common brown recluse spider locations are: Cluttered closets or basements,

，      Outdoors:
    Out storage houses or buildings where items are stored. Brown recluse spiders may be found in sheltered corners among debris, wood piles, and under loose bark or stones.

，       Indoors:
   Brown recluse spiders are found in dark recesses, inhabiting stored clothing, old shoes, toys, books, boxes, furniture, stored linens and undisturbed towels, sheds, etc.

They can take shelter under furniture, appliances and carpets, behind baseboards and door facings, or in corners and crevices.

The webs of the brown recluse spiders spins are off-white to gray, irregular strands. The brown recluse spider is nocturnal and it's diet consists of other insects such as cockroaches and small insects. The female lays eggs in off-white silken cases, from May through August. Females can lay 300 eggs in her lifetime. Spiderlings emerge in 24-36 days, leaving the egg case with slow development( 10-12 months), and are influenced by weather conditions and food availability. They reach maturity in 10-12 months. These spiders can survive as long as two years without available food or water.

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