Today on Arthro-Pod, the gang meets up with Dr. Rick Vetter of UC Riverside to bring you buckets of info on the brown recluse spider. This species of arachnid seems to inspire the most fear of all our eight legged friends. Tune in to hear all about their biology, why they seem to do well living in our homes, and some facts about their venom and bite. Maybe after hearing what we have to say, you'll see these spiders in a slightly different light!The "face" of a brown recluse spider, Jody Green Nebraska Extension If you have an interest in learning more about brown recluse spiders, we highly encourage you to buy and read Rick's book which can be found at these links: Cornell Press Kindle  Bookshop.orgThe famous "fiddle" on the top of a brown recluse spider. Lisa Ames, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org  Show notes Rick Vetter's websiteThe known range of brown recluse spider establishment.  Brown recluse spiders on a glue board trap, Jody Green Nebraska Extension Questions? Comments?  Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   This episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beginning/ending theme: "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0