Directory of Arthropods Resources

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Characterized by the presence of a hard, outer skeleton (exoskeleton) and jointed body parts (appendages). Includes animals such as spiders, scorpions, horseshore crabs, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes, and insects.

Subcategories

• Bees, Wasps, and Ants
• Scorpions
• Spiders
• Ticks and Mites

Resources in This Category

• Bites and Stings of Medically Important Venomous Arthropods

  http://spiders.ucr.edu/derm.html
  Medical journal article with photographs, symptoms, preventions, and treatment.

• Centipede Envenomation

  http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(01)70700-4/fulltext
  Discusses several cases of centipede stings.

• Don't Let the Bugs Bite

  https://www.verywell.com/dont-let-the-bugs-bite-2632347
  Bites and stings from insects, including spiders, ticks, mites, mosquitoes, flies, fleas, ants, bees, and wasps, are common in children. Know how to prevent and treat common ones, and when to not over react.

• eMedicine Health - Insect Bites

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/insect_bites/article_em.htm
  Information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of insect bites.

• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Insect Bites and Stings

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000033.htm
  Prevention, symptoms, images, and treatment.

• MedlinePlus: Insect Bites and Stings

  https://medlineplus.gov/insectbitesandstings.html
  Directory of factsheets on various arthropod envenomations.

• NHS Choices: Insect Bites

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Bites-insect/
  Provides information on these puncture wounds caused by insects, their symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.

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