This morning I had to take my son to the emergency room after experiencing a reaction to an insect bite while he was sleeping. The Dr has him on antibiotics and an anti-histamine. I pretty much tore his bedroom apart trying to find what could have bit him. I found probably a half dozen of these dead spiders behind his bed. Does anyone know what these are?

Brown Recluse. Those are nasty. Time to call out the exterminator!!

Thats what they look like to me also.

I hope your boy is ok!

Can't id them with these photos but they don't look like brown recluse

Here is a pic of a brown recluse.



Note that there is a fiddle shaped mark on the top of the back. That is the quickest way to identify them. Hope your kiddo i feeling better.

The legs look right for a recluse, but the cephalothorax on them is very dark. You should be able to see the violin-shaped mark even on a dead and dry specimen.

Hope your boy gets better soon.

You may want to take a few of these dead critters to the doctor or exterminator to see if they can ID them.