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

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Thanks for pointing that out, Tanya, as yes, this was in California.

Nonetheless, we do apparently have related species to the Brown Recluse: 
"Spider experts across the state agree that the true brown recluse spider 
does NOT live in California, but is native to Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and 
Mississippi. There are some related species found in California. The 
Loxosceles laeta, imported from South America, has been found in eastern Los 
Angeles County. The Loxosceles deserta is found in the Mojave and Sonoran 
deserts, the foothills of the Central Valley up to Merced and Fresno 
counties, but not in Northern California."  And, I'd add, perhaps in San 
Luis Obispo County as well.

  I'm one who has been bitten by a great many things; I spend a lot of time 
camping in deserts, mountains, rockhounding in some very odd snake, 
scorpion, spider type places; I sometimes spend the night in motels that 
cost $20 or less per night...I'm not fussy or in the least bit paranoid 
about such things, but when my wife got bit like that in our own bedroom, it 
did trigger something and I no longer want spiders inside the house.
  I'm a bit jealous of those who live in places like Florida where they have 
geckos that hang out on the walls....eating any spider they encounter no 
doubt.
  My son once was bitten by an assassin bug, a kissing bug that he'd picked 
up and was going to feed to a pet lizard... and the effect was immediate and 
scary, shock, rash, chills, fever.
  Nonetheless...I must point out that a great many people hire companies to 
come around once a month and spray (various types of chemical poisons) for 
spiders...and I am positive that in 99.9% of these cases, the cure is worse 
than the illness.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tanya" <tanyagarden@gmail.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Fw: black widows & copperhead snakes (in great number in 
NCthis season)

> 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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