BROWN RECLUSE IS NOT A LOCAL, BUT STILL, BE CAREFUL OF SPIDERS.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: November 6, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Mary Reid Barrow

After the column on brown recluse spiders, Pete Schultz, director of the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, pointed out a fact that made me feel pretty stupid: brown recluse spiders do not live in this part of the country.

This poisonous spider's range is farther west, from Kansas and Missouri to Texas and west to California, according to the Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders.

The only dangerous spider that is common in this area is the black widow spider and only the female bites. She ...

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