Marchalee
I have heard quite a bit about brown recluse spiders even tho I believe they 
dont live in these parts. 
A relative in Florida was bitten on his scalp and he had a major reaction, 
the Doc took about 3 days to determine the true cause before  giving 
medication. 
When I heard about what had happened, my immediate response was- 'probably a 
brown recluse' put some CS on the site. However, most of my relatives think 
that I'm a dangerous  quack so he rejected my suggestion and suffered the 
conscequence.

Bob {UFOS]