CONTENTS
Terry L. Biery
INTRODUCTION
1
BITING/PIERCING ARTHROPODS
4
1. Black Widow Spider (
Latrodectus mactans
)
4
2. Brown Recluse Spider (
Loxosceles reclusa
)
6
3. Centipedes (Class: Chilopoda)
8
4. Conenose or Kissing Bugs (
Triatoma
spp.)
10
5. Wheel Bug (
Arilus cristatus
)
12
STINGING ARTHROPODS
14
1. Ants (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae)
14
2. Bees (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae)
17
3. Scorpions (Class: Arachnida; Order: Scorpionida)
20
4. Velvet Ants (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Mutillidae)
22
5. Wasps (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae)
24
URTICATING/VESICATING ARTHROPODS
26
1. Blister Beetles (Order: Coleoptera; Family: Meloidae)
26
2. Urticating Caterpillars
28
a. Io Moth Caterpillar (
Automeris io
)
28
b. Puss Caterpillar (
Megalopyge opercularis
)
30
c. Saddleback Caterpillar (
Sibine stimulea
)
32
BIBLIOGRAPHY
34
APPENDIX: ARTHROPOD ENVENOMIZATION REACTIONS AND TREATMENT
39
Chart 1: Antihistamines
48
Chart 2: Treatment of Anaphylaxis—Shock
49
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