Ecdysteroid responses to urban heat island conditions during development of the western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Moen C, Johnson JC, Hackney Price J.
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Ovarian Transcriptomic Analyses in the Urban Human Health Pest, the Western Black Widow Spider. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2020 Miles LS +4 more
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Toxicon: X, 2022 Black widow spiders (Latrodectus sp.) are distributed worldwide, and in Albania the L. tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 has been the dominant spider. Other medically important spiders in Albania include the brown recluse with symptoms known as loxoscelism ...
Vrenozi, Blerina
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Southern black widow Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius) (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae)
EDIS, 2013 The Southern black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius), is a venomous spider found throughout the southeastern United States. Widow spiders received their name from the belief that they would kill and consume their mate following copulation ...
Amanda Eiden, Phillip E. Kaufman
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Origin, structure and functional transition of sex pheromone components in a false widow spider
Communications Biology, 2022 New chemical components to female spider pheromones are identified in the false black widow spider, Steatoda grossa.
Andreas Fischer +9 more
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Recruitment and diversification of an ecdysozoan family of neuropeptide hormones for black widow spider venom expression. [PDF]
Gene, 2014 McCowan C, Garb JE.
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Snake and spider toxins induce a rapid recovery of function of botulinum neurotoxin paralysed neuromuscular junction [PDF]
, 2015 Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and some animal neurotoxins (-Bungarotoxin, -Btx, from elapid snakes and -Latrotoxin, -Ltx, from black widow spiders) are pre-synaptic neurotoxins that paralyse motor axon terminals with similar clinical outcomes in patients.
Duregotti, Elisa +6 more
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Black widow spider (Latrodectus renivulatus) envenomation in children in Saudi Arabia: a case series
Toxicology Communications, 2023 Black widow spider (Latrodectus renivulatus) envenomation is a toxicological emergency affecting Middle Eastern countries. Young children may experience greater morbidity due to their small size relative to the amount of venom delivered. We describe four
Musa S. Alfaifi +7 more
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Know your foe: synanthropic spiders are deterred by semiochemicals of European fire ants
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Many ants prey on spiders, suggesting that web-building spiders may avoid micro-locations near ant colonies or frequented by foraging ants. Here we tested the hypothesis that ant-derived semiochemicals deter synanthropic spiders.
Andreas Fischer +3 more
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The Northern Widow Spider, Latrodectus Variolus (Araneae: Theridiiae), in Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 Until recently the species of widow spider occurring in Michigan was considered a variant of the black widow, Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius). Levi (1959) summarized and revised the worldwide genus Latrodectus, placing the southern areas of Illinois ...
Wilson, Louis F
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