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title: "Desert Recluse"
description: "Loxosceles deserta — Insetos e aranhas. Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/desert-recluse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Desert Recluse

> Loxosceles deserta — Insetos e aranhas. Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae.

- Scientific name: *Loxosceles deserta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 428
- Wikidata: [Q1647708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647708)
- iNaturalist taxon: [50182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50182)

## Names

- en: Desert Recluse
- es: Araña violinista californiana

## Countries with the most observations

US (319)

## Summary

Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States.
The desert recluse is commonly misidentified as L. unicolor (of South America) or as L. reclusa (the brown recluse of the southern and midwestern states), two spiders which do not live anywhere near the vicinity.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Lore · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328982725

## Machine access

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