A spider bite, also known as arachnidism, is an injury resulting from the bite of a spider. The effects of most bites are not serious. Most bites result...
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family "Loxoscelidae") is a recluse spider with necrotic venom. Similar to those of other recluse spiders, their bites sometimes require medical attention...
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The Spider Bite or The Red Spot is a modern urban legend that emerged in England during the 1970s. The legend features a young woman from a frigid, northern...
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A number of spiders can cause spider bites that are medically important. Almost all spiders produce venom but only a few are able to cause significant...
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spiders and small vertebrates that become ensnared in its web. It kills its prey by injecting a complex venom through its two fangs when it bites, before...
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Latrodectism (redirect from Widow spider bite)
(/lætrəˈdɛktɪzəm/) is the illness caused by the bite of Latrodectus spiders (the black widow spider and related species). Pain, muscle rigidity, vomiting...
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Loxoscelism (redirect from Brown spider bite)
produced by the bite of the recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles). The area becomes dusky and a shallow open sore forms as the skin around the bite dies (necrosis)...
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a spider bite is due to the effect of its venom. A spider envenomation occurs whenever a spider injects venom into the skin. Not all spider bites inject...
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bites were severe or repeated. However, the formal study of spider bites is fraught with complications, including unpredictable infections, dry bites...
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radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death...
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Latrodectus (redirect from Black Widow Spider)
threats. When a widow spider is trapped, it is unlikely to bite, preferring to play dead or flick silk at the potential threat; bites occur when they cannot...
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the bites, a scientific study by Isbister and Gray (2003) showed they had other causes, mostly infections. A study of 130 white-tailed spider bites found...
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to humans, and bites by spiders of six of the species have caused severe injuries to victims. The bites of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus)...
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Rust (2024 film) (section Spider bite incident)
shooting: Rust crew member in hospital for 'multiple surgeries' after spider bite". Sky News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved...
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are venomous spiders known for their bite, which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism. Recluse spiders are now identified...
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Latrodectus are venomous to humans, and their bite constitutes a medical emergency. Envenomation by these spiders can be fatal to children and ill or infirm...
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is no evidence that hobo spider bites cause skin necrosis. Some bites reportedly from the closely related desert grass spider, Agelenopsis aperta, may...
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gardens. Wolf spiders inject venom if continually provoked. Symptoms of their bites include swelling and mild pain. In the past, necrotic bites have been...
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North-America as the "hobo spider", and considered by some to be more likely to bite humans. Giant house spiders may compete with hobo spiders for the same resources...
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containing venom are more likely to be painful. Less frequently, venomous spider bites are also associated with morbidity and mortality in humans. Most arthropod...
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for a spider bite to be verified. In the case of the two genera with the highest reported number of bites, Loxosceles and Latrodectus, spider bites were...
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its bites often result in serious systemic reactions, up to and including death. The Chilean recluse is one of the larger species of recluse spiders, generally...
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Phoneutria nigriventer (redirect from Brazilian wandering spider)
members of the genus, they are often referred to as Brazilian wandering spiders. Its bite can cause severe symptoms, including increased pulse, blood pressure...
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highly venomous spiders, including the Sydney funnel-web spider, its relatives in the family Hexathelidae, and the redback spider, whose bites can be extremely...
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Steatoda nobilis (category Spiders of Europe)
moderately medically significant spider, with most bites resulting in symptoms similar to a bee or wasp sting. Some bites may cause more significant harm...
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Steatoda (redirect from False widow spider)
symptoms associated with a widow spider bite). The redback spider antivenom has been thought to be effective at treating bites from S. grossa, after it was...
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Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (redirect from Malmignatte spider)
M. (2016). "Transient Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following a Spider Bite in Greece A Case Report". Medicine. 94 (5): e457. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000000457...
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Missulena (redirect from Mouse Spider)
These spiders look very similar to the Australian funnel-web spiders and bites should be initially treated as funnel-web spider bites until the spider is...
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The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member...
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"Spiders of the Eastern United States". Pearson Education. 1: 363. Vetter, R. S.; Isbister, G. K. (2006). "Verified bites by the woodlouse spider, Dysdera...
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