Re: Fw: black widows & copperhead snakes (in great number in NCthis season)

**t* <t*@gmail.com>**

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Tom <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net> wrote:

> ... Five-six years ago my wife got bitten on the back of her hand while she
> was sleeping by (what we assume was) a brown recluse spider....

Did it occur in California?

Brown recluse spiders are endemic to the south central U.S. and aren't
found in California.

The Calif. Poison Control System says "Most claims of spider bites,
especially in California, have upon further investigation been attributed
to other causes."
http://www.calpoison.org/hcp/2004/callusvol2no2.htm

Tanya Kucak
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