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ID#:

10089

Caption:

Under three increasingly greater magnifications, this being the lowest at 183X (see PHIL 10090, 10091), what is depicted here is an unidentified pore located on the dorsal abdomen of a venomous brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, found inhabiting a Kentucky farm. Note the green colored material surrounding the pore’s orifice, and as the magnification increases, it becomes evident that the material is composed of an unidentified bacterial biofilm. It is not known if these were existing symbiotically upon the spider’s exoskeleton, or if they were pathologic in nature, signifying manifestations of a progressive disease process. See PHIL 10086 for a black and white version of this image. L. reclusa is sometimes referred to as the violin, or fiddle spider, due to the presence of the markings on its cephalothorax, as is noted in PHIL 1125, depicting a live specimen.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Leah Lowrey, Michael Smith

Creation Date:

2007

Photo Credit:

Janice Haney Carr

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