Well Dom, I can speak from personal experience that an encounter with a brown recluse will not end well. Only been in the hospital a couple times. My longest stay was courtesy of a brown recluse. Little guy kept me in the hospital for over a week and out of work for nearly a month. Not to mention the flesh I lost.
Back to your regularly schedule winter discussions....
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."