Ah, the brown recluse spider. We hear lots of stories about how these spiders surprise people in their homes, or how a friend of a friend was bitten by one and spent days in the hospital. Are they really so bad? Brown recluse spiders may not be the worst pest that we come across in Nashville homes, but they certainly have a few good reasons to be disliked so strongly by folks in Tennessee! Here are the top 3 reasons to hate brown recluse spiders.