The brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa, Sicariidae, formerly placed in a family "Loxoscelidae") is a recluse spider with necrotic venom. Similar to those...
44 KB (4,748 words) - 23:03, 12 November 2024
The recluse spiders (Loxosceles (/lɒkˈsɒsɪliːz/), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders that was...
28 KB (2,532 words) - 15:18, 23 August 2024
Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is...
15 KB (1,679 words) - 19:18, 14 October 2024
The Mediterranean recluse spider (Loxosceles rufescens) is a species of spider that originated in the Mediterranean region as its name implies, but can...
12 KB (1,333 words) - 06:33, 19 September 2024
sweating, muscle cramps and vomiting among others. Bites from the recluse spiders cause the condition loxoscelism, in which local necrosis of the surrounding...
34 KB (3,800 words) - 15:48, 14 November 2024
hahni and Sicarius ornatus. Recluse spiders (Loxosceles spp.), such as the brown recluse spider, also known as "violin spiders", "fiddlers", or "fiddlebacks"...
42 KB (4,904 words) - 08:02, 22 November 2024
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...
22 KB (2,582 words) - 16:23, 18 October 2024
Violin spider can refer to: Recluse spider, also known as violin spiders Drymusa, false violin spiders This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
194 bytes (48 words) - 15:28, 20 April 2019
genus of recluse spiders that is potentially medically significant to humans. It is one of three genera in its family, all venomous spiders known for...
9 KB (820 words) - 18:04, 1 March 2024
Scytodes globula (category Spiders of South America)
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...
6 KB (738 words) - 19:55, 2 August 2024
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...
11 KB (1,262 words) - 03:59, 23 April 2024
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...
9 KB (924 words) - 09:52, 25 July 2024
brown recluse spider, due to their shared coloring. However, brown recluse venom is significantly dangerous to humans, while that of the huntsman spider is...
23 KB (2,143 words) - 05:10, 12 November 2024
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...
4 KB (380 words) - 23:25, 8 July 2024
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...
30 KB (3,061 words) - 14:56, 16 August 2024
Most of those with medically serious bites, such as recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles) and widow spiders (genus Latrodectus), would rather flee and bite only...
121 KB (13,445 words) - 20:48, 30 October 2024
include the brown recluse spider and the six-eyed sand spider. Loxosceles, commonly known as "recluse spiders" or "violin spiders", are distributed nearly...
9 KB (857 words) - 14:47, 2 November 2024
brown recluse because the two have similar coloration and body structure. However, compared to the brown recluse, male southern house spiders are typically...
7 KB (747 words) - 17:13, 3 August 2024
a. gas gangrene). Some spider bites may lead to necrosis. In the United States, only spider bites from the brown recluse spider (genus Loxosceles) reliably...
29 KB (3,252 words) - 06:36, 4 November 2024
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...
63 KB (7,010 words) - 04:27, 18 November 2024
List of venomous animals (section Spiders)
) All recluse spiders (Loxosceles spp.), including the brown recluse (L. reclusa) and Chilean recluse (L. laeta) Macrothele spp. Mouse spiders (Missulena...
18 KB (1,667 words) - 16:30, 4 June 2024
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...
29 KB (3,688 words) - 13:57, 20 November 2024
mouse spiders (Missulena), wandering spiders (Phoneutria) and recluse spiders (Loxosceles). Venom is produced by holocrine glands in the spider's chelicerae...
113 KB (11,834 words) - 02:19, 31 August 2024
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...
5 KB (555 words) - 09:03, 11 August 2022
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...
22 KB (2,141 words) - 19:35, 28 September 2024
(Chilean recluse spider) since the early 1960s. Though the species is considered by many to be the most dangerous of the venomous recluse spiders, there...
4 KB (390 words) - 06:20, 30 October 2024
wheelchair and his left leg amputated. Howard tells Wallace that a brown recluse spider bit his leg, and the amputation was necessary to save his life. Howard...
27 KB (2,964 words) - 11:03, 2 October 2024
and some venom, e.g. from the puff adder (Bitis arietans) or brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) are toxic to cells. Treating cells with the cytotoxic...
10 KB (1,379 words) - 14:52, 3 November 2024
described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider. Gertsch was born in Montpelier...
4 KB (310 words) - 16:05, 5 October 2022
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...
9 KB (927 words) - 16:51, 30 September 2024