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    The recluse spiders (Loxosceles (/lɒkˈsɒsɪliːz/), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders that was...
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    The brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa, Sicariidae, formerly placed in a family "Loxoscelidae") is a recluse spider with necrotic venom. Similar to those...
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    Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is...
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    The Mediterranean recluse spider (Loxosceles rufescens) is a species of spider that originated in the Mediterranean region as its name implies, but can...
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  • hahni and Sicarius ornatus. Recluse spiders (Loxosceles spp.), such as the brown recluse spider, also known as "violin spiders", "fiddlers", or "fiddlebacks"...
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    sweating, muscle cramps and vomiting among others. Bites from the recluse spiders cause the condition loxoscelism, in which local necrosis of the surrounding...
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    (/lɒkˈsɒsɪlɪzəm/) is a condition occasionally produced by the bite of the recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles). The area becomes dusky and a shallow open sore...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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