Did you know North Carolina is ... at the site of the spider bite. Mild redness and swelling, blisters, or an itchy skin rash may occur, and skin could turn bluish-gray. Brown recluses, usually ...

Although there have been isolated cases of the brown recluse spider popping up in nearby states such as Florida or North Carolina, these are considered outside of the brown recluse's established ...

Gabe Lustman/Instagram A singer from the Metro Atlanta area is recovering after he was bitten by a brown recluse spider and nearly lost one of his legs. Gabe Lustman recently spent five days in ...

Unfortunately for NC arachnophobes, one of these species may prefer hiding in folded linens, closets and shoes.