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06-17-2003, 04:46 PM

yes the range is a bit small making me wonder if the map is a bit old
having said that , I have found recluse spiders 1 hour south of Columbus Oh.
and as far as bites go I was bit twice and the wound looked nothing like that in the original post by RZ. I realize that some people might have a more severe reaction to the bite but mine was nothing like that. Quite possibly the person was bit on a vein or by one, and the venom traveled destroying tissue on the way??
There are a number of spiders that produce a wound similiar to a recluse, hobo spiders , purse spiders [ not the mygals found east of the Mississippi on tree trunks, the little gold ones in the corner ceiling of your house] to name a couple.
The is also more than one loxoceles in the US , two that come to mind are reclusa and laeta , and all loxeceles have a rough bite, some a bit worse than others.

06-17-2003, 04:46 PM	#14
John Apple	recluse r5ange and bites yes the range is a bit small making me wonder if the map is a bit old having said that , I have found recluse spiders 1 hour south of Columbus Oh. and as far as bites go I was bit twice and the wound looked nothing like that in the original post by RZ. I realize that some people might have a more severe reaction to the bite but mine was nothing like that. Quite possibly the person was bit on a vein or by one, and the venom traveled destroying tissue on the way?? There are a number of spiders that produce a wound similiar to a recluse, hobo spiders , purse spiders [ not the mygals found east of the Mississippi on tree trunks, the little gold ones in the corner ceiling of your house] to name a couple. The is also more than one loxoceles in the US , two that come to mind are reclusa and laeta , and all loxeceles have a rough bite, some a bit worse than others.