CONTENTS

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Natt N. Dodge
ILLUSTRATIONS vi
EDITORIAL NOTE ABOUT INSECTICIDES vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
GIANT DESERT CENTIPEDE 3
SCORPIONS 4
Treatment of scorpion stings 6
Where scorpions live 7
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER 7
Where black widows live 8
Black widow bites 9
Treatment of black widow bites 9
Control of black widows 10
BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER 10
Where found 11
The brown recluse bite 11
Treatment for bite of the brown recluse spider 12
TARANTULAS 13
CONENOSE BUG (cross bug, bellows bug, Walpai tiger, kissing bug) 14
Habitat of conenose bug 14
Treatment of conenose bites 16
Control of conenose bugs 16
ANTS, WASPS, HORNETS, BEES 17
Ants and velvet ants 18
Control of ants 19
Wasps, hornets, yellowjackets, bees 19
HONEYBEE 20
How a bee stings 21
Treatment of bee stings 22
PUSS CATERPILLAR 23
ARIZONA CORAL SNAKE 24
RATTLESNAKES 25
Where rattlesnakes are found 25
Protective clothing 26
Rattlesnake relatives 26
The sidewinder 26
Helpful precautions 27
First-aid for rattlesnake bite 27
BACK-FANGED SNAKES 30
GILA MONSTER 31
Food and habits 32
Poison of the Gila monster 33
HARMLESS CREATURES MISTAKENLY BELIEVED POISONOUS 34
BANDED GECKO 35
SOLPUGID 36
JERUSALEM CRICKET 36
VINEGAROON 37
REFERENCES CITED 39
INDEX 40
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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