• Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Heraklion, Linoperamata
  • Photo taken by:
    Georgiakakis, P.
  • Photo taken date:
    March 2013
Violin spider
Spiders
Arachnids
Animals
Arthropods
Cave ecosystem
Phrygana diorama

Photo of a Violin spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Sicariidae). Violin spiders take their name from the shape of their prosoma. These spiders have six eyes and are of medical importance as they cause dermonecrotic bites.