TOXICOLOGY: once bitten, manifestations are:
- SHARP & PINPRICK-LIKE, followed by DULL, NUMBING PAIN; CRAMPS, PILOERECTION in the bite area.
- MUSCLE FASCICULATION (seen WITHIN 30 MINS)
- Sweating, weakness and pain in lymph nodes (LYMPHADENITIS: swelling of lymph nodes)
- PAIN in LOW BACK, THIGHS, or ABDOMEN and rigidity of the ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
- SEVERE PAROXYSMAL MUSCLE CRAMPS

● Male & Female are VENOMOUS; female have LARGE FANGS

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once bitten, manifestations are:
- SHARP & PINPRICK-LIKE, followed by DULL, NUMBING PAIN; CRAMPS, PILOERECTION in the bite area.
- MUSCLE FASCICULATION (seen WITHIN 30 MINS)
- Sweating, weakness and pain in lymph nodes (LYMPHADENITIS: swelling of lymph nodes)
- PAIN in LOW BACK, THIGHS, or ABDOMEN and rigidity of the ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
- SEVERE PAROXYSMAL MUSCLE CRAMPS

● Male & Female are VENOMOUS; female have LARGE FANGS

LEIGHTON DWIGHT OBILLOS · Accepted Answer

Latrodectus Species “Widow Spiders”
● Commonly known as BLACK WIDOW, BROWN WIDOW, & RED-LEGGED SPIDER

TOXICOLOGY

Latrodectus Species “Widow Spiders” ● Commonly known as BLACK WIDOW, BROWN WIDOW, & RED-LEGGED SPIDER

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