This bestselling classic is the ultimate resource for identifying arthropods and their harmful
effects on human health. It includes a wealth of photos including high-quality color photographs of
insect bites, stings, and other lesions essential for triage. It also provides information that allows for ready identification of West Nile virus, and several
medical case histories of insect-caused human disease. The text considers human contact with ants, bees, blister beetles, caterpillars (Urticating), centipedes, cockroaches, earwigs, fleas, flies (biting and non-biting), Myiasis-causing maggots, lice, millipedes, mites, mosquitoes, moths, pentastomes, scorpions, spiders, ticks, and wasps.
