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Bees, Wasps, and Ants

ABC of Allergies: Venom Allergy, Bee and Wasp Stings, eMedicine Health - Allergy: Insect Sting, eMedicine Health - Bee and Wasp Stings, How to Avoid Being Stung by Africanized Honey Bees, Insect Stings, MedicineNet.com - Stinging Insect Allergies, Stinging Insects - Stinging and Venomous Insects

Scorpions

eMedicine - Scorpion Sting, eMedicine Health - Scorpion Sting Overview, Scorpion Envenomation, Scorpion Stings and Venoms, The MerckManual: Scorpion Stings

Spiders

American Medical News: Convenient culprit: Myths s, Avoiding Brown Recluse Spider bites, Black Widow Spider, Brown Recluse Spider Bite, Brown Recluse Spider Bites, Brown Recluse Spider Envenomations, eMedicine - Brown Recluse Spider Bite, eMedicine - Funnel Web Spider Envenomations, eMedicine - Widow Spider Envenomations, eMedicine Health - Black Widow Spider Bite

Ticks and Mites

e-Ticks.net

Bites and Stings

http://www.dhyansanjivani.org/bites_and_stings.asp

Advice on using Indian remedies to treat insect bites and stings.

Bites and Stings of Medically Important Venomous A

http://spiders.ucr.edu/dermatol.html

Medical journal article with photographs, symptoms, preventions, and treatment.

Centipede Envenomation

http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/?request=get-document&issn=1080-6032&volume=012&issu

Discusses several cases of centipede stings.

Don't Let the Bugs Bite

http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/safetyfirstaid/a/dnt_lt_bugs_bte.htm

Bites and stings from insects, including spiders, ticks, mites, mosquitoes, flies, fleas, ants, bees, and wasps, are common in children. Know how to prevent and treat common ones, and when to not over react.

eMedicine Health - Insect Bites

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/4827-1.asp

Information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of insect bites.

Family Practice Notebook: Insect Bite

http://www.fpnotebook.com/ER9.htm

Advice for emergency medical personnel on treatment of bites and stings by insects, spiders, and other arthropods.

Fighting Fleas and Ticks

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/696_flea.html

Article from the US Food and Drug Administration about treating fleas and ticks.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Insect Bites and

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000033.htm

Prevention, symptoms, images, and treatment.

MedlinePlus: Insect Bites and Stings

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/insectbitesandstings.html

Directory of factsheets on various arthropod envenomations.

Nature's Nasties

http://www.fishontario.com/articles/bugs/index.html

Article from Fish Ontario by Bill Thompson on the numerous species of insects you may encounter. Linked insect images with descriptions and suggested remedies.

The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Managing Arthrop

http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1998/07jul/norris.htm

Medical journal article on various arthropod stings.