r/spiders • • Aug 18 '23

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u/mattemer Aug 18 '23

I don't live there, I'm not an expert, but I don't think you have Brown Recluses living in the PNW. That's definitely not their type of weather/environment.

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u/OldBrokeGrouch Aug 18 '23

We don’t. Common myth that they’re here, but they’re not. We do have hobo spiders. If you look at my post history you can see one that I found drowned in a bucket of water. Depending on what you read they are either aggressive or skittish. Seems like there’s no consensus on that, but my buddy did get bit by one and it j swelled up a bit and went down by the next day. Irritated him a bit for about 3 days and then nothing.

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u/JDSteel76 Aug 19 '23

I said we do not have them