9/19/08 - Logan Class of December 2011

Brown Recluse Spider Bite. The bite of the brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) may cause necrotic skin lesions. The spider is yellow, tan or brown in color and can be identified by a dark brown, violin-shaped marking on its cephalothorax (hence the name the fiddle-back spider). The body length is 10-15 mm and the leg and is about 25 mm ................
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