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The brown recluse spider occupies an ominous station in American folklore -- it's bite, we're told on schoolyard playgrounds, is even deadlier than a black widow's! (Indeed, on very rare occasions, the bite of a brown recluse can be deadly) And it currently occupies the Southeastern quadrant of the US -- from around Texas to southern Iowa to Kentucky. But a study finds that a warming climate may render some of its southern homes inhospitable, and force it to spread across the nation to beat the heat. 
Article continues: Climate Change to Push Brown Recluse Spiders Across North America
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