CONTENTS
[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