Copyright, 1952, by the Southwestern Monuments Association
Box 1562, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona 85501

Published October 21, 1947
Second printing, revised, October, 1948
Third printing, revised, December, 1948
Fourth printing, revised, January, 1952
Fifth printing, June, 1953
Sixth printing, March, 1955
Seventh printing, December, 1957
Eighth printing, revised, January, 1961
Ninth printing, revised, March, 1964
Tenth printing, June, 1966
Eleventh printing, August, 1968
Twelfth printing, revised, August, 1970

Printed in the United States of America
by PABSCO Printing and Business Supply Co.
Globe, Arizona

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

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Deserts of the Southwest] Frontispiece [Map of western United States] viii [Centipede] 2 [Enlarged view of under side of centipede’s head] 2 [Deadly and non-deadly scorpions] 4 [Giant desert hairy scorpion in alert position] 5 [Underside of black widow spider] 8 [Brown recluse spider] 11 [Tarantula] 13 [Conenose bugs] 15 [Common ant] 16 [Wasp] 17 [Velvet ant] 18 [Bumblebee] 19 [Honeybees on the honeycomb] 20 [Poison mechanism of worker bee] 21 [Puss caterpillar] 23 [Arizona coral snake] 24 [Western diamondback rattlesnake] 25 [Sidewinder or “horned” rattlesnake] 27 [Poison mechanism of the rattlesnake] 28 [Western black-headed snake] 29 [Sonora lyre snake] 30 [Gila monster] 31 [Underside of the Gila monster] 32 [Poison mechanism of the Gila monster] 33 [Two adult banded geckos] 35 [Solpugid or sun spider] 36 [Jerusalem cricket (sand cricket or chaco)] 37 [Vinegaroon] 38

EDITORIAL NOTE ABOUT INSECTICIDES

Recommendations given in previous editions of this book regarding use of DDT and other “hard” pesticides are withdrawn in this 12th edition. We advise, until questions about merits and dangers of these products are resolved, that you contact a local agency before deciding what pesticides, if any, to use.

We believe that every citizen should make a real effort to become informed about pesticides and potential changes in them, for use or non-use will likely have great impact on mankind’s future use of this earth.