The brown recluse isn’t aggressive. It prefers to hide rather than att.ack. But if amazed, trapped, or crushed, it bites. And that’s where things become worsen.
Its venom is cytotoxic, meaning it damages the cells around the bite. This can cause severe skin damage, sometimes accompanied by fever, vomiting, and even more serious complications in very rare cases.
Where does it live?
The brown recluse lives mainly in the United States (especially in the Midwest and the South) and occasionally in Mexico and Canada. It lives in dark, dry, and uncrowded places. Outdoors, it hides under rocks, in piles of wood, or in piles of d3ad leaves. Indoors, it prefers quiet corners like attics, garages, or stored cardboard boxes.