Brown Recluse Habitat Changing?

[Moltar]

An interesting article here about climate change, habitat and distribution of L. reclusa. The headline is straight-up fearmongering but the article is good.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011...n-recluse-spiders-expand-reign-north-america/

OMG, I just shared a Faux News link. There's a first time for everything, I guess.

 

[loxoscelesfear]

credible researchers in the article so i can look past the F news part.

 

[BigJ999]

I really don't see anything wrong with Foxnews but intresting artical.

 

[Doomsday]

Well fox news DID say that president obama was dead instead of Osama Bin Laden :wall:

 

[BigJ999]

Well fox news DID say that president obama was dead instead of Osama Bin Laden :wall:

lol yeah I know however I know a gaff when I see one It doesn't make a network bad to have a mess up every once in a while. I have a recluse they are very misunderstood spider's Odd that they have such a rep for being so venomous yet the bites are rare and people rarely get necrosis:wall: As for me I am not for bigger government mainly because I don't want a hobby like this hobby regulated

 

[buthus]

I thought Faux News didnt believe in scien...er.. climate change? :?

 

[jgod790]

I want one as a pet!!!!!!

 

[codykrr]

^ next one I find can be yours!! I find them all the time. luckily not in the house so much.

They are really neat to watch, and make some pretty wild web structures...seems I find more females than males though. so I havent had luck breeding them.

 

[BigJ999]

I want one as a pet!!!!!!

Well they aren't very defensive spider's at all they make good pet's but they unfortunately have a reputation Ive actually had one crawl me and I wasn't bitten by it but you know those myth's that go around these day's :wall:

 

[jgod790]

I don't think I would handle one if I had one. But I just think it would be cool to have one of the most feared spiders in my collection. It would look great right next to my G. rosea. Worlds "safest" spider right next to the worlds "deadliest". I know there not the worlds deadliest, but most people think they are. I REALLY want a funnel web.

 

[BigJ999]

The recluse family of spiders does have some very dangerous species though. However brown recluses aren't prone to biting

 

[GartenSpinnen]

Right next to the 'deadliest' spider?

Is AB turning into Animal Planet now?

 

[chris_vegas]

Right next to the 'deadliest' spider?

Is AB turning into Animal Planet now?

cheeky lol

 

[John Apple]

loxoceles are rather easy spiders to keep and one of my favorite sp......cribellate weavers somewhat and mine are fed almost exclusily on a diet of spiders [steatoda and parasteatoda]....they seem to eat these more often from remains found in webs......very cool
I have found many L reclusa around and near colombus so as far as spreading....yeah maybe