[ernie]

Brown recluse bites can be nasty. 10% are the ones you see with the rotting skin. Others are actually Staph infections. Luckily they are reclusive and in general aren't aggressive. You essentially have to be actively killing them to get them to bite. So most bites tend to happen when you put your shoes on or a glove on without making sure there is nothing in it.

I hate spiders. I shake my shoes out every time I put them on because of the brown recluse. I stomp on every one I see (and in these parts 100% of houses have them). I also stomp the black widows though they tend to stay outside and are much less likely to be found indoors.