The discovery of an infestation of brown recluse spiders caused the United States Post Office to close one of its Louisville branch post offices. The spiders
were discovered where the employees sort the mail. Brown recluse spiders are highly poisonous; their bite can cause a severe lesion by destroying skin tissue. Fortunately it is not an aggressive species and no one was bitten.
The post office was set to be closed for up to two weeks while the spiders were being eradicated. Because all mail is sealed, fortunately there is no danger that spiders infested any mail that went through the facility.