The recluse spiders (Loxosceles (/lɒkˈsɒsɪliːz/), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, are a genus of spiders that were...
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The brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa, Sicariidae, formerly placed in a family "Loxoscelidae") is a recluse spider with necrotic venom. Similar to those...
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Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is...
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The Mediterranean recluse spider (Loxosceles rufescens) is a species of spider that originated in the Mediterranean region as its name implies, but can...
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Loxoscelism (redirect from Brown recluse spider bite)
(/lɒkˈsɒsɪlɪzəm/) is a condition occasionally produced by the bite of the recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles). The area becomes dusky and a shallow open sore...
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sweating, muscle cramps and vomiting among others. Bites from the recluse spiders cause the condition loxoscelism, in which local necrosis of the surrounding...
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hahni and Sicarius ornatus. Recluse spiders (Loxosceles spp.), such as the brown recluse spider, also known as "violin spiders", "fiddlers", or "fiddlebacks"...
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genus of recluse spiders that are potentially medically significant to humans. It is one of three genera in its family, all venomous spiders known for...
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Scytodes globula (category Spiders of Chile)
the extremely common and dangerous Chilean recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta). The adult Chilean tiger spider's size varies from 30 up to 70 mm. Its body...
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Loxosceles deserta (redirect from Desert recluse spider)
known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. The desert recluse is commonly misidentified...
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infections are much more common than spider bites. Physicians have reported brown recluse spider bites where no brown recluse exist. Ed: in 100 pictures retrieved...
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brown recluse spider, due to their shared coloring. However, brown recluse venom is significantly dangerous to humans, while that of the huntsman spider is...
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Chelicerae (redirect from Fang (spider))
Pseudoscorpiones, Solifugae, Ricinulei, and Araneae (e.g., brown recluse, cellar spider, and crevice weaving spider). Three-segmented chelicerae of an Atlantic horseshoe...
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include the brown recluse spider and the six-eyed sand spider. Loxosceles, commonly known as "recluse spiders" or "violin spiders", are distributed nearly...
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Pholcidae (redirect from Daddy long-legs spider)
speak of. Indeed, pholcid spiders do have a short fang structure (called uncate due to its "hooked" shape). Brown recluse spiders also have uncate fang structure...
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Most of those with medically serious bites, such as recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles) and widow spiders (genus Latrodectus), would rather flee and bite only...
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Loxosceles intermedia (category Spiders of South America)
Loxosceles intermedia, the Brazilian brown recluse spider, is a highly venomous spider species in the family Sicariidae native to Brazil and Argentina...
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Rust (2024 film) (section Spider bite incident)
operator and pipe rigger Jason Miller was bitten in the arm by a brown recluse spider while closing the set. Miller suffered necrosis and sepsis. He was hospitalized...
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Violin spider can refer to: Recluse spider, also known as violin spiders Drymusa, false violin spiders This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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might have arisen due to its similarity in appearance with the brown recluse spider. In a 2004 episode of Discovery Channel's MythBusters, it was shown...
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White-tailed spider and the wolf spider were considered as candidates for possibly causing suspected spider bite necrosis in Australia. In Brazil the recluse spider...
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Loxosceles gaucho (redirect from Gaucho spider)
Loxosceles gaucho commonly known in English as the gaucho spider. is a highly venomous recluse spider endemic to South America. Adult females grow up to 7–12 mm...
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States Recluse Nunatak, Alexander Island, Antarctica Recluse spider, a genus of venomous spiders Recluse butterflies of the genus Caenides "The Recluse" (Plan...
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Titiotus (category Spiders of the United States)
wolf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. Spiders in this genus are often misidentified as the brown recluse spider of the...
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inflammation of the lungs and cutaneous lesions, common following brown recluse spider bites. Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase de Giuseppe PO, Ullah A, Silva...
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Opiliones (redirect from Harvest spider)
threat by the recluse spider. Behaviour 152, 757–773. Eisner, T., Eisner, M., Siegler, M., 2005. Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions...
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(August 2004). "An approach to spider bites. Erroneous attribution of dermonecrotic lesions to brown recluse or hobo spider bites in Canada". Canadian Family...
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pirate spiders (Mimetidae), platform spiders (Stiphidiidae), prowling spiders (Miturgidae), ray spiders (Theridiosomatidae), recluse spiders (Sicariidae)...
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pillbugs, and ticks. It preys on several other spiders believed to be harmful to humans, including the brown recluse. Anything it catches in the web it preys...
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Loxosceles speluncarum (category Spiders of South Africa)
Loxosceles speluncarum is a species of venomous recluse spider in the family Sicariidae. It is native to South Africa. It resides in caves, and is distinct...
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