Brown recluse may be in state: Two women think their wounds were caused by the highly poisonous arachnid

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: July 18, 2005| Author: MARY CHILDRESS | Copyright information

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Vicky Hunter believes she may have been bitten by a brown recluse spider.

Julie Shoup had a similarly miserable experience.

Doctors who treated them theorized that the dreaded brown recluse might have been the source of the problem.

Experts are unaware of any brown recluse spiders being identified in West Virginia, either dead or alive. That doesn't mean they're not here.

The prime habitat is in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arkan...