Handbook of medical entomology . 7. Trochosa singoriensis. After Kobert. The Tarantulas 13 to our northern ports in shipments of bananas and other tropicalproduce, and are the source of much alarm. It should be mentioned,however, that the large spider most frequently fotind under such cir-cumstances is not a tarantula at all, but one of the Heteropodida;, orgiant crab-spiders, (fig. 8). In spite of their prominence and the fear which they arouse thereare few accurate data regarding these American tarantulas. It has. S. The giant crab-spider or banana spider (.IltteropoJa venatoria).Natural siz
Handbook of medical entomology . 7. Trochosa singoriensis. After Kobert. The Tarantulas 13 to our northern ports in shipments of bananas and other tropicalproduce, and are the source of much alarm. It should be mentioned,however, that the large spider most frequently fotind under such cir-cumstances is not a tarantula at all, but one of the Heteropodida;, orgiant crab-spiders, (fig. 8). In spite of their prominence and the fear which they arouse thereare few accurate data regarding these American tarantulas. It has. S. The giant crab-spider or banana spider (.IltteropoJa venatoria).Natural size. After Comstock. £)ften been shown experimentally that they can kill small birds andmammals, though it is doubtful if these form the normal prey of anyof the species, as has been claimed. There is no question but thatthe mere mechanical injury which they may inflict, and the consequentchances of secondary infection, justify, in part, their bad addition to the injury from their bite, it is claimed that the bodyhairs of several of the South American species are readily detachedand are urticating. Recently, Phisalix (1912) has made a study of the physiologicaleffects of the venom of two Avicularoidea, Phormtctopus carceridesPocock, from Haiti and Cteniza sauvagei Rossi, from Corsica. Theglands were removed aseptically and ground up with fine, sterilizedsand in distilled water. The resultant liquid was somewhat viscid,colorless, and feebly alkaline. Injected into sparrows and mice the 14 Poisono
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