Michigan Woman Bit By Brown Recluse Spider

LEELANAU COUNTY, MI — A woman visiting the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan has been reportedly bit by a brown recluse spider, prompting her arm to break out into a boil the size of a large grape.

According to the report by the Detroit Free Press, Tina Bradish of Muskegon was camping and moving a wood pile when she noticed two small bites that started to swell and itch. The result was four trips to the hospital and severe swelling from the venomous spider.

A brown recluse spider can grow to about the size of a quarter but even smaller ones have a bite that can be devastating even deadly, the Free Press reported. The brown recluse spider is usually found in warm southern states.

Bradish said "At first we did not believe them, we said that is a down south thing and they said no they are here and they are just not as big."

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