Originally posted by YellowLabLover
But then you would have noticed that they live no where near the west coast, only in southern and midwestern states!? I'm so confused!
Though that is commonly where they occur they are very common in California and becoming more common in Oregon due to people moving, shipments etc. I have been researching them for awhile now. Marg was bit while in California after a shipment came into her work. I thought she got bit here but she explained to me that after a shipment they recieved carried them she was bitten. This happens often. I am POSITIVE it was a brown recluse. I would have taken pictures had I had a camera. That's what I get for buying a Sony though!

Anyways, I started researching them after I was bit by another of Oregon's venemous spiders (forgot the name) and learned quite a bit about them. I have some very good links saved somewhere with nasty photos. Most times people get bit cleaning their garage etc. I remember a few months ago someone here posting pictures of a spider that hitched a ride in their husbands luggage and her cats were playing with the spider, which was HUGE BTW! I'm not sure who it was that posted, but they have a nasty habit of wanting to take vacations.