Author: Willis John Gertsch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loxosceles
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Spider Genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies
Author: Willis John Gertsch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loxosceles
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loxosceles
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Spider Genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and West Indies. American Museum Novitates
The Spider Genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae)
Author: Willis John Gertsch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arachnida
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arachnida
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Spider Genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of AMNH ; V. 175, Article 3
The Spider Genus Theridula in North and Central America and the West Indies
Spiders of the Genus Pirata in North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Lycosidae)
The Spider Genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae)
Author: Herbert Walter Levi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crustulina
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crustulina
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Brown Recluse Spider
Author: Richard S. Vetter
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801456150
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout North America. Although recluse spiders can cause serious skin injuries and, in very rare cases, death, the danger posed by this spider is often exaggerated as a result of arachnophobia and the misdiagnosis of non-spider-related conditions as brown recluse bites. These misdiagnoses often occur in areas of North America where the spider does not exist, making legitimate bites improbable. One of the greatest factors that keeps the myths alive is misidentification of common (and harmless) spiders as brown recluses. With this book, Richard S. Vetter hopes to educate readers regarding the biology of the spider and medical aspects of its bites, to reduce the incidence of misdiagnoses, and to quell misplaced anxiety. In The Brown Recluse Spider, Vetter covers topics such as taxonomy, identification, misidentification, life history characteristics and biology, medical aspects of envenomations, medical conditions misdiagnosed as brown recluse bites, other spider species of medical consideration (several of which have been wrongly implicated as threats to human health), and the psychology behind the entrenched reasons why people believe so deeply in the presence of the spider in the face of strong, contradictory information. Vetter also makes recommendations for control of the spider for households in areas where the spiders are found and describes other species of recluse spiders in North America. Although The Brown Recluse Spider was written for a general audience, it is also a valuable source of information for arachnologists and medical personnel.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801456150
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout North America. Although recluse spiders can cause serious skin injuries and, in very rare cases, death, the danger posed by this spider is often exaggerated as a result of arachnophobia and the misdiagnosis of non-spider-related conditions as brown recluse bites. These misdiagnoses often occur in areas of North America where the spider does not exist, making legitimate bites improbable. One of the greatest factors that keeps the myths alive is misidentification of common (and harmless) spiders as brown recluses. With this book, Richard S. Vetter hopes to educate readers regarding the biology of the spider and medical aspects of its bites, to reduce the incidence of misdiagnoses, and to quell misplaced anxiety. In The Brown Recluse Spider, Vetter covers topics such as taxonomy, identification, misidentification, life history characteristics and biology, medical aspects of envenomations, medical conditions misdiagnosed as brown recluse bites, other spider species of medical consideration (several of which have been wrongly implicated as threats to human health), and the psychology behind the entrenched reasons why people believe so deeply in the presence of the spider in the face of strong, contradictory information. Vetter also makes recommendations for control of the spider for households in areas where the spiders are found and describes other species of recluse spiders in North America. Although The Brown Recluse Spider was written for a general audience, it is also a valuable source of information for arachnologists and medical personnel.
Revision of the Bispinosus and Bicolor Groups of the Spider Genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates ; No. 2560
The Spider Genus Loxosceles in North America (Araneae, Loxoscelidae)
Author: Willis John Gertsch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loxosceles
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loxosceles
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description