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Loxosceles

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Loxosceles
[loksos′ĕlēz]
a genus of six-eyed spiders, some of which have poisonous bites. L. laeta is a brown spider of South America, and L. reclusa is the brown recluse spider of North America. See spider bite.

Loxosceles [lok-sos´ĕ-lēz]
a genus of six-eyed spiders, some of which have poisonous bites (see spider bite). L. lae´ta is a brown spider of South America and L. reclu´sa is the brown recluse spider of North America.


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01 9:00 DISTRIBUTION OF BROWN RECLUSE SPIDERS IN MISSISSIPPI Gail Stratton (1), Pat Miller (2), Rick Vetter (3) (1) University of Mississippi, (2) Northwest Mississippi Community College, (3) University of CA, Riverside Early records from the USDA publication, the Cooperative Economic Insect Report suggested that the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, is found in all 82 counties of Mississippi.
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