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Brown Recluse

Loxosceles reclusa

9,918 observations in the source records

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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 154, February 148, March 168, April 318, May 195, June 98, July 100, August 93, September 104, October 111, November 145, December 140.
United States7,848
Texas1,752
Missouri1,548
Oklahoma1,076
Tennessee936
Illinois891
Kansas831
Arkansas680
Kentucky383
Alabama224

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

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