I know we have the black widow and brown recluse. But isn't there a third spider within the country that is dangerous to humans? Seems I remember hearing of a brown widow too or something like that.
Also, anyone know what states the brown recluse are common in? I'm pretty sure Kentucky is in their range, but I cannot ever recall seeing one of these spiders ever (not that I'm complaining!). I have always carefully looked at any brown spiders I come across for the "fiddle" shape marking, but so far, no fiddle shape. Maybe the fact that they are a "recluse" is why I haven't seen any. LOL.
I see tons of black widows in my area. There is no shortage of those. But I'm not sure that I've encountered any of other "pie-zuh-nus" varieties.
BTW, I'm sorry to bring the topic of spiders up again after all the arf.commers encounters this Summer. LOL. But Sniper_Wolfe's thread got me thinking about this again.
-CH