Harvard provides a demanding enough environment for students who go there on purpose. But Loxosceles laeta, a poisonous South American spider that matriculated at Cambridge by accident ...

Some of the most feared spiders of the arachnid world seem to be the brown recluse, or Loxosceles reclusa, which live throughout 16 states, primarily in the Midwest and South. Like their name ...

Lykos is Greek for “wolf.” Besides 2888 species, there are 124 genera. The brown recluse belongs to the Loxosceles genus, and Loxosceles is Greek for “slanting legs.” There are 11 species ...