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Latrodectus envenomation in Ethiopia [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Black widows, one of the few spiders that can sting humans with poison, are members of the spider genus Latrodectus and are well-known for the extraordinary potency of their neurotoxic venom.
Shimelis Korbu, Mosisa Olika, Getu Alemayehu   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Multi-tissue transcriptomics of the black widow spider reveals expansions, co-options, and functional processes of the silk gland gene toolkit [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2014
Background: Spiders (Order Araneae) are essential predators in every terrestrial ecosystem largely because they have evolved potent arsenals of silk and venom.
Ayoub, Nadia A, Clarke, Thomas H, Corbett, Susan, Garb, Jessica E, Haney, Robert A, Hayashi, Cheryl Y, Lancaster, Alexander K   +6 more
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Comparing Nutrient Intake by Wolf Spiders (Hogna carolinensis) Consuming Frogs (Acris blanchardi) and Crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.
This study compared the nutrient intake of Carolina wolf spiders when they were fed on cricket frogs and crickets. Results show that frogs and crickets vary substantially in the nutrients that they provide to spiders. Furthermore, both prey are beneficial to the diet of the spiders.
Chloe G. Hunsucker, Colton Herzog, Jamie T. Reeves, Shawn M. Wilder, Scott T. McMurry   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

The GMRT High-resolution Southern Sky Survey for Pulsars and Transients. VII. Timing of the Spider Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1242–4712, a Bridge between Redback and Black Widow Pulsars [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal
We present a timing solution for the 5.31 ms spider millisecond pulsar (MSP) J1242−4712, discovered with the GMRT. PSR J1242−4712 orbits a companion of minimum mass 0.08 M _⊙ with an orbital period of 7.7 hr and occupies a relatively unexplored region in
Ankita Ghosh, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Andrew Lyne, David L. Kaplan, Jayanta Roy, Paul S. Ray, Ben Stappers, Sangita Kumari, Shubham Singh, Rahul Sharan   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ovarian Transcriptomic Analyses in the Urban Human Health Pest, the Western Black Widow Spider [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2020
Lindsay S. Miles, Nadia A. Ayoub, Jessica E. Garb, Robert A. Haney, Brian C. Verrelli   +4 more
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Black Widow Spider Envenomation and Cardiovascular Complications [PDF]

Cureus
Parmjot Khakh, William Q Lavercombe, Juan Farina, Mitesh K. Kapadia, Gabriel M. Aisenberg, Adrián Baranchuk   +5 more
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Case Report: Black Widow Spider Bites in a Pregnant Woman [PDF]

Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020
Introduction: The black widow spider is known in the Mediterranean region as L.tredecimguttatus species that in Khorasan is known with its local name as “Dalmak”.  The venom of this spider contains excitatory neurotoxins called alpha-latroteins.
Ali Teimouri, Seyed Reza Habibzadeh, Bita Dadpour, Parvin Zohoorian, Mahdi Foroughian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recruitment and diversification of an ecdysozoan family of neuropeptide hormones for black widow spider venom expression [PDF]

Gene, 2013
Caryn McCowan, Jessica E. Garb
openalex   +2 more sources

Molecular Evolution of α-Latrotoxin, the Exceptionally Potent Vertebrate Neurotoxin in Black Widow Spider Venom

Mol Biol Evol, 2013
Jessica E. Garb, Cheryl Y. Hayashi
openalex   +3 more sources

Return Fantasies: Martial Masculinity, Misogyny and Homosocial Bonding in the Aftermath of Second World War

Gender &History, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This article explores male popular culture in Australia in the mid‐1940s, particularly men's magazines of the period, to illuminate aspects of the psycho‐sexual dimensions of Australian veterans returning to civil society. The sexual landscape of Australian society had undergone considerable transformation, especially through an increasing ...
Stephen Garton
wiley   +1 more source