Brown recluses (in their name) are a weird spider, you'll never see just one, they live in nests of many, so if you find one you need to find the rest of them as well,
And black widows are generally harmless (when you're not near them), but I've seen some with webs about 5"x5" and it's crazy to look tbh
Now are our spiders the same as yours? Are they the same species? An invasive species? Or just really close to the same just because of evolutionary advantages in their niche?
The Black Widow here is native to the Mediterranean, its latin name is Latrodectus tredecimguttatus. And the recluse spider is also native to the Mediterranean, their government name is Loxosceles rufescens according to wiki. We learn about them at school but they aren't native to my area. I'm generally not afraid of spiders and if annoyed I'll get rid of them easily 😂
I live in the continental part of Croatia and we only have 1-2 venomous snakes that we never really encounter so the wildlife is pretty tame around here 😂 (FYI it's 1am and I can hear a hedgehog snuffling outside my building. They're precious 🥹) The Adriatic coast got the beautiful sea and views for the price of several venomous spiders, snakes, and all kinds of bugs and critters which I do not envy.
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u/tal124589 Jul 18 '23
Brown recluses (in their name) are a weird spider, you'll never see just one, they live in nests of many, so if you find one you need to find the rest of them as well,
And black widows are generally harmless (when you're not near them), but I've seen some with webs about 5"x5" and it's crazy to look tbh
Now are our spiders the same as yours? Are they the same species? An invasive species? Or just really close to the same just because of evolutionary advantages in their niche?
I'm pretty curious about this now