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2. Spider bite - Wikipedia

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   A spider bite, also known as arachnidism, is an injury resulting from the bite of a spider. The effects of most bites are not serious. [1] Most bites result in mild symptoms around the area of the bite. [1] Rarely they may produce a necrotic skin wound or severe pain. [2]: 455. Most spiders do not cause bites that are of importance. [1]

3. Latrodectism - Wikipedia

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   Latrodectism. The southern black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans), a cause of latrodectism. Specialty. Emergency medicine. Latrodectism (/ lætrəˈdɛktɪzəm /) is the illness caused by the bite of Latrodectus spiders (the black widow spider and related species). Pain, muscle rigidity, vomiting, and sweating are the symptoms of latrodectism.

4. List of medically significant spider bites - Wikipedia

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   Tangle-web spiders. One genus of the tangle web spiders has venom which is known to be medically significant. This genus, the widow spiders of genus Latrodectus, has caused human fatalities. The other genus, Steatoda, the false widow spiders, have bites that can cause pain and erythema but only around 30% of bites lead to systemic symptoms.

5. Latrodectus mactans - Wikipedia

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   Latrodectus mactans. (Fabricius, 1775) [1] Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, [citation needed] is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat ...

6. Sicarius (spider) - Wikipedia

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   Sicarius spiders can grow up to 1 to 2 inches (25 to 51 mm) long, and have six eyes arranged into three groups of two (known as "dyads"). Physically, they resemble crab spiders and members of the Homalonychus genus. They lack the characteristic violin-shaped marking of the more well-known members of its family, Sicariidae the recluse spiders.

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