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Texas Recluse

Loxosceles devia

233 observations in the source records

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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 11, February 11, March 12, April 23, May 14, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 10, December 10.
United States126
Texas126
Mexico16
Tamaulipas12
Nuevo Leon4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilySixeyed Sicariid Spiders · Sicariidae
GenusRecluse Spiders · Loxosceles

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Texas Recluse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.