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Diguetia canities, commonly called the desert bush spider, is a species of coneweb spider found in desert and semidesert habitats in the United States from California eastward to Oklahoma and Texas. This rather hairy spider has a body length of around 9 mm. The rather elongated cephalothorax is orange-brown and covered in short white hairs.
Stegodyphus lineatus (desert spider) is the only European species of the spider genus Stegodyphus. Male S. lineatus can grow up to 12 mm long while females can grow up to 15 mm. The colour can range from whitish to almost black. In most individuals the opisthosoma is whitish with two broad black longitudinal stripes.
People unfamiliar with spider taxonomy commonly confuse large species with tarantulas, but huntsman spiders can generally be identified by their legs, which, rather than being jointed vertically relative to the body, are twisted in such a way that in some attitudes the legs extend forward in a crab-like fashion. [6]
Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae. [1] It is found in Mexico and the United States. The desert recluse is commonly misidentified as L. unicolor (of South America) [2] or as L. reclusa (the brown recluse of the southern and midwestern states), two spiders which do not live anywhere near the vicinity.
Cysteodemus is a genus of desert spider beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cysteodemus. [1] [2] [3] Cysteodemus armatus.
Agelenopsis aperta, also known as the desert grass spider [1] or funnel-web spider, [2] is a species of spider belonging to the family Agelenidae and the genus Agelenopsis.It is found in dry and arid regions across the southern United States and into northwestern Mexico.
Latrodectus revivensis, [1] [2] also known as the desert widow, is a species of venomous spider belonging to the Latrodectus genus and located in the Negev desert and the Arava valley (Arabah). [3] [4] [5] As with most members of its genus, it contains venom that can cause latrodectism [6] through bites in various organisms.
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