. Mediterranean recluse spiders are “not terribly likely to leave” their habitat and “they like not having a lot of foot traffic,” Danielson-Francois says.While Gore says bites from Mediterranean recluse spiders are rare, they can be very serious and even deadly.details how a 65-year-old woman in Italy died after being bitten on the hand by a Mediterranean recluse spider while cleaning her cellar one night. By the next day, the woman had a fever and painful lesion around the bite.
It’s important to note, though, that this woman’s case marked the first known death in Europe from a Mediterranean recluse. A bite from a Mediterranean recluse spider can cause death of body tissue and skin lesions, Danielson-Francois says. Reactions can happen two to six hours after the bite. Venomous spiders “inject chemicals” into their prey to “liquify them” and then eat “the resulting ‘slurpy,’” explains, a professor of entomology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and director of the Rutgers Center for Vector Biology.
If you happen to spot a spider in your home and you’re concerned, Danielson-Francois recommends snapping a photo and uploading it to the, which is run by the California Academy of Sciences. “You can point it at any plant, mushroom, and animal, and it will search the database to help identify it,” she says.
Spiders will usually leave you alone and can even be beneficial, as they eat other pests that you don’t want to deal with. But if you’re still not sure what kind of spider is in your home or you’re worried that there may be more, Gore says it’s time to call a professional pest management service.
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