CONTENTS
[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