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VENOMOUS ARTHROPOD HANDBOOK
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BITING/PIERCING ARTHROPODS
1. BLACK WIDOW SPIDER (Latrodectus mactans)
2. BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER (Loxosceles reclusa)
3. CENTIPEDES (Class: Chilopoda)
4. CONENOSE OR KISSING BUGS (Triatoma spp.)
5. WHEEL BUG (Arilus cristatus)
STINGING ARTHROPODS
1. ANTS (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae)
2. BEES (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae)
3. SCORPIONS (Class: Arachnida; Order: Scorpionida)
4. VELVET ANTS (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Mutillidae)
5. WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae)
URTICATING/VESICATING ARTHROPODS
1. BLISTER BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera; Family: Meloidae)
2. URTICATING CATERPILLARS a. IO MOTH CATERPILLAR (Automeris io)
b. PUSS CATERPILLAR (Megalopyge opercularis)
c. SADDLEBACK CATERPILLAR (Sibine stimulea)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
General
Blister Beetles
Centipedes
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Scorpions
Spiders
Urticating Caterpillars
APPENDIX: ARTHROPOD ENVENOMIZATION REACTIONS AND TREATMENT
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
CENTIPEDES
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
TRUE BUGS (KISSING BUGS)
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
ANTS
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
BEES AND WASPS
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
SCORPIONS
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
URTICATING CATERPILLARS
REACTIONS
TREATMENT
CHART 1 ANTIHISTAMINES
Chart 2 Treatment of Anaphylaxis—Shock
Transcriber’s Notes
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