Tags: Arachnid.
The recluse spiders or brown spiders (genus Loxosceles) also known as fiddle-back violin spiders or reapers are a genus of venomous spiders known for their bite which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism. Recluse spiders are now identified as members of the family Sicariidae having formerly been placed in their own family the Loxoscelidae.