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Believe it or not, viewers have submitted videos of piles of red ants on what appears to be a floating raft made of insects.

Spiders don’t carry diseases, the way ticks and mosquitoes do, and in the United States, where thousands of species of spiders live, there are only a few venomous types that cause concern — notably, ...

And when she recently found a brown recluse spider in her home, she quickly jumped into action to kill it—but things didn't exactly go to plan. "I went to torch it and it fell," she told Newsweek.

Here’s how to identify the brown recluse, along with another common Kansas spider species.

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Brown recluse spider Brown recluse spiders are common in North Louisiana and typically reside in dry, secluded places in small, isolated populations, like in basements or attics.