Wilderness: Black Widow and Recluse Spider Bite (cont.)
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Media file 1: Brown recluse spider. Note the violin pattern on cephalothorax and light-colored, hairless abdomen.
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Media file 2: Brown recluse spider.
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Media file 3: Brown recluse spider head close-up.
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Media file 4: Black widow spider. Note the characteristic hourglass abdominal markings.
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Media file 5: Black widow spider.
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Media file 6: Black widow spider underbelly and egg
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Media file 7: Black widow spider
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Spider Envenomations, Brown Recluse »
In the United States, reports of severe envenomations by brown spiders began to appear in the late 1800s, and today, in endemic areas, brown spiders continue to be of significant clinical concern.
