Posts Tagged: Vetter

October is a perfect time to talk about spiders! People decorate for Halloween with scary images of...

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

If you were to ask an audience of more than a few people if they or anyone they know has ever seen...

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 1:20 PM

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

No we aren't here to tell you we found one. Because brown recluse spiders do not live in...

Brown recluse spider. (Credit: Rick Vetter, UCR)

Brown recluse spider. (Credit: Rick Vetter, UCR)

Range of the brown recluse spider in the United States. (Credit: Rick Vetter, UCR)

Range of the brown recluse spider in the United States. (Credit: Rick Vetter, UCR)

Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 11:22 PM

Tags: brown (2), brown recluse (2), recluse (1), spider (11), UC IPM (287), Vetter (5)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management

Unlike mosquitoes, spiders do not seek people in order to bite them. Generally, a spider doesn't...

Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 8:50 AM

Tags: bite (18), Pest Notes (98), spider (11), UC IPM (287), venom (2), Vetter (5)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

The black widow spider is known and feared by many people due to its venomous bite. However, in the...

Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 10:17 AM