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Issue: May 1, 2008
Case: Environmental Injuries
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Question:

Most spiders are insectivores. While biting they inject neurotoxins (for paralysis) and tissue lysins (to digest the prey's tissues). The volume is usually too small to be hazardous to humans, although it is quite hazardous to insects! In the U.S., most spider bites occur in the southern states during the warmer months. Significantly toxic U.S. species include all of the following EXCEPT:

brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
black widow (Latrodectus mactans or hesperus)
redleg spider in Florida (Latrodectus bishopi)
tarantulas

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