- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: May 10, 2011
Media reports now have residents around the state on the lookout for brown widow spiders, which will help a UC Riverside scientist who is trying to track its rapidly expanding range.
"Wanted dead or alive," announced an article in the Redding Record Searchlight. Reporter Laura Christman tempered the ominous lead with a succinct quote from UC Riverside staff research associate Rick Vetter, "Chill."
"It's nothing to be overly concerned about. I'm more interested from an academic standpoint," Vetter told the reporter.
A native of Africa, brown widows were established in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties...
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