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Desert recluse

Loxosceles deserta

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

咬伤

The desert recluse is a spider of the recluse family, Sicariidae. It lives in the deserts of the south-western United States and north-western Mexico. Its bite can damage the skin, so it is worth knowing what it looks like and where it lives.1

生活在

Mexico and the United States: eastern southern California, southern Nevada, western Arizona, New Mexico, south-western Utah and north-western Mexico1

北美洲

首页

It lives in the wild, near native desert vegetation. It avoids towns and cities, and even green lawns. It is especially common in packrat dens.1

长度

2.5 cm (1 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 0.8 公里/小时（0.5 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

Desert recluse的照片 — Desert recluse。照片：Ken-ichi Ueda。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Belongs to the recluse spider family, Sicariidae1
Found in desert areas of the south-western United States and north-western Mexico1
Often found in packrat dens1

常被误认为： It is often wrongly identified as L. unicolor, from South America, or as L. reclusa, the brown recluse of the southern and midwestern United States. Neither of those spiders lives anywhere near the desert recluse's range.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Its bite causes lesions, which are damaged areas of the skin. It works through the same mechanism as the bite of the brown recluse.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Its bite can cause skin lesions, which are damaged areas of the skin.1

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处，用冰袋冷敷止痛。如果疼得厉害、疼痛扩散或感到不适，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

差不多和一个回形针一样长

Desert recluse和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Desert recluse 约 0.8 公里/小时 (0.5 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its bite works through the same mechanism as the brown recluse's bite.1

It is especially common in packrat dens in the desert.1

It avoids urban areas and green lawns.1

It is often confused with two recluse spiders that do not live anywhere near it.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The desert recluse is the same as the brown recluse or a South American recluse spider.

真相： It is often misidentified as L. unicolor from South America or L. reclusa, the brown recluse. Those two spiders do not live near the desert recluse's range.1