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Old 10-11-2015, 02:30 PM
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Thanks a lot Nephew of Uncle Joe. Until your thread I never heard of brown recluse spiders of the tall grasses. Something new to add to my hole in the bucket and everything is leaking list. What exactly is a brown recluse spider? By definition wouldn't it be a a spider who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid people. Couldn't they find a better hiding place than tall grasses?
Very nasty bugs. Their bite causes necrosis (death) of the surrounding skin. Once had a patient who almost lost her leg from a single bite due to the extent of the necrosis and secondary infection. Avoid them. Fortunately they are much less common in Florida than in the South Central states