Distribution right|thumb|A large brown recluse compared to a US penny (diameter ) The documented range of this species lies roughly south of a line from southeastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana to southwestern Ohio. In the southern states, it is native from central Texas to western Georgia and north to Kentucky.
Distribution right|thumb|A large brown re,cluse compared to a US penny (diameter ) The documented range of this species lies roughly south of a line from southeastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana to southwestern Ohio. In the southern states it is native from central Texas to western Georgia and north to Kentucky.