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Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf spider which is found near Taranto, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro (and the origin of the name tarantula, which today refers to a completely different kind of spider), was once blamed for a condition known as tarantism. A bitten young woman would be forced to dance wildly in the central plaza—the tarantella.
The spider biting apparatus is short and bites are only possible in experimental animals with pressure on the spider's back. Thus many bites occur when a spider is trapped in a shirt or pant sleeve. There is no commercial chemical test to determine if the venom is from a brown recluse. The bite itself is not usually painful.
Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Central America; Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) – United States; Aphonopelma superstitionense Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 – United States; Aphonopelma truncatum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Mexico; Aphonopelma vorhiesi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...
Black widow and brown recluse spider bites can cause more severe symptoms and, in rare cases, death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say. If you're bitten by one of these spiders ...
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. [2] As of December 2023, 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. [3] The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder (Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas".
Reliable diagnoses of spider bites require three conditions: first, there should be clinical effects of the bite at the time or soon afterwards, although there are no symptoms universally diagnostic of a spider bite, and bites by some spiders, e.g. Loxosceles species, may initially be painless; second, the spider should be collected, either at ...
“In general, spiders will bite only if they can’t get away from you, or are protecting their babies and don’t want to leave the babies behind, and/or they are being crushed or otherwise hurt ...
Cyriopagopus hainanus is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in China. [1] It is one of a number of species from China and Vietnam known as "Chinese bird spider". [citation needed] It produces a venom containing numerous compounds capable of blocking neurotransmitters, including neurotoxic peptides called ...