This is a "Big-'O" Brown Recluse that was crawling on the wall near our dog pens in our Family Room the other night. The Brown Recluse thrive around here and I find...and dispatch them several times year after year.
They are insect and spider hunters and they rely on their stealth to capture their prey. They are venomous and the venom dissolves its prey which helps them digest it. Unfortunately, that same venom reacts the same way with our flesh which can result in a quite nasty wound requiring intensive medical attention.
The problem is often with how they are encountered because their behavior is to hide in dark places such as clothes waiting to be laundered, boxes, piled items, etc. which when picked up the spider hiding in them may feel threatened or pressed against which can result in a bite which may be either dry or venom packed.
This one, like the others that I encounter are dispatched and waste-not-want-not so they make an opportunity for a focus stacking session such as this.
Oh boy or girl! fabulous close up...
Aren't these the DANGEROUS ONES?
Looks dangerous in several ways. Excellent stack, Gary.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a "Big-'O" Brown Recluse that was crawling on the wall near our dog pens in our Family Room the other night. The Brown Recluse thrive around here and I find...and dispatch them several times year after year.
They are insect and spider hunters and they rely on their stealth to capture their prey. They are venomous and the venom dissolves its prey which helps them digest it. Unfortunately, that same venom reacts the same way with our flesh which can result in a quite nasty wound requiring intensive medical attention.
The problem is often with how they are encountered because their behavior is to hide in dark places such as clothes waiting to be laundered, boxes, piled items, etc. which when picked up the spider hiding in them may feel threatened or pressed against which can result in a bite which may be either dry or venom packed.
This one, like the others that I encounter are dispatched and waste-not-want-not so they make an opportunity for a focus stacking session such as this.
This is a "Big-'O" Brown Recluse that wa... (
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Full battle gear. Excellent shot
alphadog wrote:
Oh boy or girl! fabulous close up...
Aren't these the DANGEROUS ONES?
Thanks, and yes...their bite can cause a wound that the flesh dissolves resulting in a nasty and long-healing infection and scarring. The bite most often goes unnoticed for the fangs are quite small so they don't penetrate our skin too deeply. It isn't until the red inflammation starts to appear and it becomes painful to the touch. What we don't see is what is going on under our skin which is where tissue is turning into soup.
ecobin wrote:
Looks dangerous in several ways. Excellent stack, Gary.
Thanks, Elliott. It now "sleeps with the fishes" as the saying goes.
Thanks, Joe. I can only imagine what an insect that it encounters it must think in its final moments.
Thanks for viewing and for the reply.
Outstanding shot of a tough customer, Gary!
UTMike wrote:
Outstanding shot of a tough customer, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. I keep four large and four small plastic pill bottles by my chair for "just such occasions". I also keep several in the car and in the RV for one never knows when an opportunity presents itself. This one was quite large and it takes a bit of strategy on how I'm going to get it into the bottle then down to the bottom long enough for me to get the cap on. Then I have to get it out and into the 'kill jar'.
They are quite tuff and it takes far longer in their to dispatch them than insects which expire in a few seconds.
Awesome. I'm glad I don't see them around here. I know they are around, though.
kpmac wrote:
Awesome. I'm glad I don't see them around here. I know they are around, though.
Kpmac, unfortunately that's what makes them so troublesome is their ability to hide. Hence the name "recluse" is quite fitting. They are not an aggressive spider yet they are a defensive biter when they perceive a threat.
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