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Brown recluse spider
Loxosceles reclusa
35.8987, -86.9624
Field Notes
Description:
Brown recluse spiders are usually between 1⁄4 in and 3⁄4 in, but may grow larger. While typically light to medium brown, they range in color from cream-colored to dark brown or blackish gray. The cephalothorax and abdomen may not necessarily be the same color. 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.
The brown recluse bears a potentially deadly hemotoxic venom. However , it has a rather shy and nonaggressive behavior, although occasionally it will bite humans because they share the same habitat
Habitat:
This spider lives in dark corners and places inside the houses, and also under the furniture, boxes and books.
Notes:
This small brown recluse spider has been living in our bathroom for months but having ID'd him I think now might be a good time to evict him!
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