Desert Recluse - Loxosceles deserta

Description:

Description: English: The Desert Recluse is one of the two most common types of recluse spider in Arizona. It is often mislabeled as a Brown Recluse in Western Arizona, Southern California and the Southern tip of Nevada. However, like it's cousin the Brown Recluse, the Desert Recluse has the same identifiers such as having only six eyes (which appear as three eyes at first glance) and a violin shaped design on the back of the head. As a note, the violin marking on the Desert Recluse is less distinguishable than it is on the Brown Recluse. Per the Arizona Cooperative Extension, a Desert Recluse's body is about 1/3” (7-12 mm) and has long legs. A full grown Desert Recluse (including legs) is about 1” (25 mm) in diameter. Date: 6 July 2016, 23:11:05. Source: Own work. Author: DesertTrip. This specimen was found in my home in Kingman, Arizona. Because we have quite a few of these in my area, I was able to send several specimens to Arizona State University for ID confirmation. I recommend people read the great information PDF here: http://cals.arizona.edu/urbanipm/pest_press/2006/november.pdf Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.