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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Sicariidae » Brown Spiders (Loxosceles) » Texas Recluse (Loxosceles devia)
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Texas Recluse - Loxosceles devia
Copyright © 2011 Jason Penney

Texas Recluse - Loxosceles devia
Big Wells, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
November 12, 2011
As a crow flies, this was about 40 miles or so from the Mexican Border, just north of Big Wells, Texas.
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Contributed by Jason Penney on 13 November, 2011 - 6:21pm
Last updated 22 January, 2012 - 10:23am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Thanks again. This will be the first image of this species for Bugguide. It's also the first image on the web that I know of. If you took more angles of the spider, feel free to post them.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 November, 2011 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Better, yet, might you have c
Better, yet, might you have collected the specimen?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 14 November, 2011 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

 
No, but I know right where he
No, but I know right where he is if someone wants him. I'll go back in a couple of days to get some different angles, assuming he sticks around.
… Jason Penney, 14 November, 2011 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

Thanks for posting this image...
Take a look at this range map and see what you think


It looks like possibly Loxosceles devia.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 November, 2011 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed!
I agree ma'am. Thanks for the info...changed on flickr too
… Jason Penney, 13 November, 2011 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

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