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title: "Chilean Recluse"
description: "Loxosceles laeta — Insecten en spinnen. The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chilean-recluse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Chilean Recluse

> Loxosceles laeta — Insecten en spinnen. The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae.

- Scientific name: *Loxosceles laeta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1295
- Wikidata: [Q137895](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137895)
- iNaturalist taxon: [224147](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/224147)

## Names

- en: Chilean Recluse
- es: Araña de rincón

## Countries with the most observations

CL (480), AR (262), PE (52), BR (43), UY (34), PT (11), DE (10)

## Summary

The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is known as araña de rincón, or "corner spider"; in Brazilian Portuguese, it is called aranha-marrom, or "brown spider". It is considered to be the most dangerous of recluse spiders, and its bite often results in serious systemic reactions, up to and including death.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_recluse_spider

## Photo

![Chilean Recluse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chilean-recluse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fede Ferrer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341517712

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chilean-recluse?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).