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"The distribution of brown recluses in the U.S. is a little like a rain cloud over the midwest. If you're standing in the center of the storm — in Kansas or Oklahoma — you're going to get very wet, a lot of water droplets are going to hit you. If you're standing at the edge of the thunder shower in Georgia, the droplets will be much fewer and farther between." — Richard Vetter, Author and Retired Entomologist, University of California Riverside
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