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Interacting With Ekbom’s sufferers: Guidelines from the dermatology literature.
Infestations can be very difficult to handle in online science outreach projects. We do our best to give the best possible advice, but ultimately it’s an issue where you need boots on the ground. During our infestation post, we mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Education, News, Pest Management, Research
Tagged Dermatology, Ekbom's Syndrome, Morgellons, Psychology, Psychosomatic Illness
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SciBugs Collections Etsy Shop!
If you don’t want to scroll down, here’s my etsy store – SciBugs Collections – link! The Short Story:
Posted in News
Tagged artist, beetle, buprestidae, coleoptera, economy, Ecuador, etsy, holiday, holiday shopping, jewel beetle, jewelry, local, palm, shop, sternocera, support, sustainable, tagua, Thailand
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Are Brown Widows as Dangerous as Black Widows?
Written by Joe Ballenger As a rule, Widows have pretty nasty venom. I was knocked on my butt for about 3 days after a bite I received from a Southern Widow (Lactrodectus mactans) after mishandling her. These sorts of incidents … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Pest Management, Physiology
Tagged Arachnology, Biochemistry, Black Widow, Brown Widow, Medical Entomology, Medicine, Spider, Spider Bites, Spiders, Toxicology, venom, Venomous
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