what states are brown recluse spiders found

Hi peterdaniel,

Here you go -

California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Missippi, Alabama, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Georgia, Missouri, and bits of Virginia,
South Carolina and Florida.

West Virginia:
"Although the presence of the brown recluse spider in West Virginia has never been
officially confirmed, accounts of its distinctive bites exist. The
presence in the state of a related species, Loxosceles rufescens, was
reported in 1993."
http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/pest/hpm7005.pdf

A Map of distribution of the Brown Recluse and other recluse spiders:
"Range of recluse (genus Loxosceles) spiders in the United States":
http://spiders.ucr.edu/images/colorloxmap.gif

"Identifying and Misidentifying the Brown Recluse Spider" by Rick Vetter:
http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html

Additional Links:

Identification of Brown Recluse Spiders  (Loxosceles reclusa):
http://spiders.ucr.edu/recluseid.html

Things you can do to reduce the chances of being bitten by a brown recluse spider:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/avoidbites.html

LOXOSCELES
VIOLIN SPIDERS, BROWN RECLUSE SPIDERS
http://www.arachnology.org/Arachnology/Pages/Reclusa.html

If you have any questions, please post a clarification request before
closing/rating my answer and I'll be happy to reply.

Thank you,
hummer

Google Search Terms Used:

range map "brown recluse spiders"
"west virginia" "brown recluse spiders"

Brown recluse spiders have been found further north than indicated on
the older maps. A rarity a few years ago, we are seeing them regularly
in our University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension office in Lincoln,
Nebraska.

For additional information, photos - read Spiders of Medical Importance at

http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/spiders.htm

I asked this question over six months ago.  I'm not being charged for
this am I???????

Hi peterdaniel,

Not to worry, all comments are freely given and received, however,
they are not necessarily made by GA researchers.

Regards,
hummer