Poisonous Dwellers of the Desert
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Chapters (53)
- POISONOUS DWELLERS OF THE DESERT
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- EDITORIAL NOTE ABOUT INSECTICIDES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Poisonous Dwellers of the Desert
- Giant desert centipede (Scolopendra heros)
- Scorpions
- Treatment of scorpion stings
- Where scorpions live
- Black widow spider (Lactrodectus mactans)
- Where black widows live
- Black widow bites
- Treatment of black widow bites
- Control of black widows
- Brown recluse spider and its venomous relatives
- Where found
- The brown recluse bite
- Treatment for bite of the brown recluse spider
- Tarantulas (Avicularia sp.)
- Conenose bug (Kissing bug, Bellows bug, Walpai tiger, Cross bug, others) (Triatoma sp.)
- Habitat of conenose bugs
- Treatment of conenose bites
- Control of conenose bugs
- Ants, wasps, hornets, bees
- Ants and velvet ants
- Control of ants
- Wasps, hornets, yellowjackets, bees
- Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
- How a bee stings
- Treatment of bee sting
- Puss Caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis)
- Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)
- Rattlesnakes (Genus Crotalus, spp.)
- Where rattlesnakes are found
- Protective clothing
- Rattlesnake relatives
- The Sidewinder
- Helpful precautions
- First aid for rattlesnake bite
- Back-fanged snakes
- Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
- Food and habits
- Poison of the Gila monster
- Harmless Creatures Mistakenly Believed Poisonous
- Banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)
- Solpugid (Eremobates sp.)
- Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus sp.)
- Vinegaroon (Trithyreus sp.)
- REFERENCES CITED
- PUBLICATIONS YOU MAY WISH TO READ
- INDEX
- ERRATUM
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