I think there is a spider behind you clock....
HABITAT: Brown recluse spiders are found primarily in the Midwest. Many cases of bites are reported from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The edge of its range just reaches the tip of western Virginia, but it occurs rarely in this state. The spider commonly lives in basements and garages of houses and often hides behind boards and boxes. Bites often occur when the spiders hide in towels or old clothes left in those areas.
The brown recluse may be found living indoors or outdoors. Thorough inspection of cracks, corners, and other dark, undisturbed areas with a bright flashlight will help determine the location and extent of infestation. Indoors, pay particular attention to basements, attics, crawl spaces, closets, under/behind beds and furniture, inside shoes, boxes of stored items, and between hanging clothing. Brown recluse spiders also may be found living above suspended ceilings, behind baseboards, and inside ductwork or registers.
The bite generally causes some mild stinging or burning and ulcerative necrosis may follow within several hours to several weeks. The initial lesion may be red, edematous or blanched and may later may develop a blue-gray halo around the puncture. This is the result of hemolysis and vasospasm. The lesion may evolve into cyanotic pustules or bullous lesions surrounded by purpura. Eschar formation begins several days later as the lesion becomes necrotic. Other clinical findings may include fever, maliase, a scarlatiniform rash, leukocytosis, arthralgias, vomiting, and diarrhea. In rare cases there may be hemoglobinuria, DIC and shock.
LOL...the bite can also cause kidney failure, jaundice (from liver failure), coma and death.
HABITAT: Brown recluse spiders are found primarily in the Midwest. Many cases of bites are reported from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The edge of its range just reaches the tip of western Virginia, but it occurs rarely in this state. The spider commonly lives in basements and garages of houses and often hides behind boards and boxes. Bites often occur when the spiders hide in towels or old clothes left in those areas.
The brown recluse may be found living indoors or outdoors. Thorough inspection of cracks, corners, and other dark, undisturbed areas with a bright flashlight will help determine the location and extent of infestation. Indoors, pay particular attention to basements, attics, crawl spaces, closets, under/behind beds and furniture, inside shoes, boxes of stored items, and between hanging clothing. Brown recluse spiders also may be found living above suspended ceilings, behind baseboards, and inside ductwork or registers.
The bite generally causes some mild stinging or burning and ulcerative necrosis may follow within several hours to several weeks. The initial lesion may be red, edematous or blanched and may later may develop a blue-gray halo around the puncture. This is the result of hemolysis and vasospasm. The lesion may evolve into cyanotic pustules or bullous lesions surrounded by purpura. Eschar formation begins several days later as the lesion becomes necrotic. Other clinical findings may include fever, maliase, a scarlatiniform rash, leukocytosis, arthralgias, vomiting, and diarrhea. In rare cases there may be hemoglobinuria, DIC and shock.
LOL...the bite can also cause kidney failure, jaundice (from liver failure), coma and death.

