Article: The buzz on bites and stings. (insect stings and snake bites)

Article: More Than 2,000 Brown Recluse Spiders in a Kansas ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  December 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... and did a physician tell you a brown recluse spider was the culprit? A UC ... Riverside study, focusing on 2,055 brown recluse spiders in a Kansas home, notes ... misdiagnosed by doctors as "brown recluse spider bites." The study finds ...

Article: Evidence points to spider bite Experts: Brown ...
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... advised him he had been bitten by a brown recluse spider. Clukey said the diagnosis ... and surgery to remove blood clots. Brown recluse spiders, also known as violin spiders ... America, the likelihood of its being a brown recluse is very small, according to state ...

Article: 'Spider man' sets the record straight on brown ...
M2 Presswire;  June 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Spider man' sets the record straight on brown recluse spiders (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... If you happen to come across a brown recluse spider, your first reaction might ... biology whose research focuses on the brown recluse. "The most important thing to do ...

Article: University of Kansas 'Spider Man' Sets Record Straight on ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  June 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... If you happen to come across a brown recluse spider, your first reaction might ... biology whose research focuses on the brown recluse. "The most important thing to do ... part of the spider." Every summer, brown recluse spiders make their presence known throughout ...

Article: Crawling With Fear; If Brown Recluse Spiders Don't ...
The Washington Post;  February 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... that. The ER doc's diagnosis: brown recluse spider bite. My mom was given ... diagnosis, we learned this whole brown recluse thing is a lot more complicated than most people might expect. Brown recluse spiders, though widely feared ...

Article: Brown recluse spider bite sends area woman reeling ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  August 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... University, Ohio State University Brown recluse spiders are common across the central ... Lehtinen, 33, said she was bitten by a brown recluse spider that came wrapped in the bedding ... she said. "I could have died." Brown recluse spiders are the most abundant poisonous ...

Article: Eight-legged scapegoat: scientists say far too many wounds are ...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  July 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... this was the work of the notorious brown recluse spider. The previous week, the doctors ... a year ago. Indeed, at least 158 brown recluse spider bites have been reported to ... Osterhoudt. Paradoxically, virtually no brown recluse spiders have been found. Osterhoudt ...