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The recluse spiders (Loxosceles (/ l ɒ k ˈ s ɒ s ɪ l iː z /), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders that was first described by R. T. Lowe in 1832. [4] They are venomous spiders known for their bite, which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism.
These spiders usually have markings on the dorsal side of their cephalothorax, with a black line coming from it that looks like a violin with the neck of the violin pointing to the rear of the spider, resulting in the nicknames fiddleback spider, brown fiddler, or violin spider.
Loxosceles, commonly known as "recluse spiders" or "violin spiders", are distributed nearly worldwide in warmer areas. Hexophthalma and Sicarius, commonly known as "sand spiders" or "assassin spiders", live in the deserts of southern Africa and South to Central America, respectively. [1]
Brown recluse spiders sport three pairs of eyes arranged in a triad and are known for their violin-shaped marking on their backs, with the body of the “violin” near the eyes and the neck of ...
The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is known as araña de rincón, or "corner spider"; in Brazilian Portuguese, as aranha-marrom or "brown spider". It is considered by many to be the most dangerous of recluse spiders, and ...
L. rufescens is a cave-dwelling arachnid that is nearly indistinguishable in appearance from Loxosceles reclusa, the brown recluse spider.Individuals can be identified as medium-sized spiders distinguished by three pairs of two eyes organized in the shape of a triangle (spiders commonly have 8 eyes), with a violin-shaped pattern on their cephalothorax. [2]
Violin spider can refer to: Recluse spider, also known as violin spiders; Drymusa, false violin spiders This page was last edited on 20 April 2019, at 15:28 (UTC ...
Sicarius spiders can grow up to 1 to 2 inches (25 to 51 mm) long, and have six eyes arranged into three groups of two (known as "dyads"). Physically, they resemble crab spiders and members of the Homalonychus genus. They lack the characteristic violin-shaped marking of the more well-known members of its family, Sicariidae the recluse spiders.