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  2. Scytodes thoracica - Wikipedia

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    Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey.Its size ranges between 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in). The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwa

  3. List of medically significant spider bites - Wikipedia

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    However, most bite victims suffer only local pain and bleeding, a few more have limited neurotoxic symptoms (tingling, racing heart, more widespread pain), and there have been several recorded bites by this spider producing severe symptoms requiring medical treatment. [37] There are no recorded human fatalities due to mouse spider bites.

  4. Scytodes - Wikipedia

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    Scytodes is a genus of spitting spiders that occur all around the world. The most widely distributed species is Scytodes thoracica , which originally had a palearctic distribution, but has been introduced to North America, Argentina, India, Australia, and New Zealand. [ 1 ]

  5. Spitting spider - Wikipedia

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    Scytodidae spiders are haplogyne, meaning they lack hardened female genitalia.They have six eyes, like most spiders in this group, arranged in three pairs. They possess long legs and a dome-shaped cephalothorax, and are usually yellow or light brown with black spots or marks.

  6. Chilean recluse spider - Wikipedia

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    As indicated by its name (laeta meaning "happy"), this spider is not aggressive and usually bites only when pressed against human skin, such as when putting on an article of clothing. Like all sicariid spiders, the venom of the Chilean recluse contains the dermonecrotic agent Sphingomyelinase D , which is otherwise found only in a few ...

  7. Loxoscelism - Wikipedia

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    There have been documented cases of homes having very large populations of brown recluse spiders for many years without any of the human inhabitants being bitten. For this reason, L. reclusa bites are relatively rare, but, because its range overlaps human habitation, its bite is the cause of loxoscelism in North America. [citation needed]

  8. Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis - Wikipedia

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    Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis can result in damage to the liver, kidneys, heart, brain, smooth muscles, lungs, DNA, lesions all over the body, and could be a potential cause of cancer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis is known by many other names such as "Pictou Disease" in Canada [ 3 ] and "Winton Disease" in New Zealand. [ 4 ]

  9. Scytodes globula - Wikipedia

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    Scytodes globula, the Chilean tiger spider, is a predatory spider of the family Scytodidae.In Spanish, it is known as araña tigre, or "tiger spider", but is also well known as "long-legged spider" (because of the disproportional size of those members) or "spitting spider" (because of its hunting methods, in which it projects an extremely sticky web which immobilizes its prey).