Online Safety Library: Poisonous Plants, Animals, and Arthropods
Articles and Information
Bugs, Spiders, etc.
- Asthma and Bee Allergy (Allergy Society of South Africa)
- Bee and Wasp Stings (OSU Cooperative Extension)
- Bee and Wasp Stings (UC Davis)
- Bee and Wasp Stings (WVU Extension Services)
- Bees, Africanized Honeybees and Wasps (UCSD)
- Black Widow Spiders (Huge Collection from Arachnology)
- Black Widow Spider (Ohio State Univ. Cooperative Extension)
- Black Widow Spiders (Virginia Cooperative Extension)
- Brown Recluse (Violin) Spiders (Huge Collection from Arachnology)
- Facts on Stinging Insects (MCG)
- Fire Ants (UMN)
- Hobo Spiders (Aggressive House Spider (Collection from Arachnology)
- Hobo and Other Poisonous Spiders (Collection from Hobo Spider Web Site)
- Home and Garden Insects (collection of pdf files from OCES)
- Mud-daubers (OUPD)
- Recluse Spiders (Hobo Spider Web Site)
- Scorpion FAQ (Dr. Scott Stockwell)
- Scorpions (Desert USA)
- Stinging Caterpillars (Univ. Kentucky)
- Stinging Insects (Santa Barbara Coastal Vector Control District)
- Stinging Insects in the Garden (NASD)
- Using Insect Repellents Safely (EPA)
- Venomous Spiders (OSU Vet Med)
- Venomous or Stinging Insects and Related Pests (FAIRS)
- The Widow Spiders (Hobo Spider Web Site)
- Yellow Sac Spiders (Hobo Spider Web Site)
- Yellowjackets (OUPD)
Hantavirus
- All About Hantavirus (CDC)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Collection from CDC)
- Hantavirus (CCOHS)
- Hantavirus: What is It? (MSU)
Plants
- Outsmarting Poison Ivy and Its Cousins (FDA)
- Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac (Collection from Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Info Ctr)
- Poison Ivy, Western Poison Oak, Poison Sumac (Ag and Agri-Food Canada)
- Poison Oak FAQ
- Poisonous Plants Around the Home (NASD)
Canadian Poisonous Plant Information System
Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Information Center
Ticks / Lyme Disease
- Guide to Lyme Disease (LymeNet)
- Lyme Disease (Center For Disease Control)
- Lyme Disease (NASD)
- Lyme Disease FAQ (Lloyd E. Miller)
- Lyme and Tick Borne-Disease Information (Collection from Lyme Disease Resource)
- Prevent Tick Bites, Prevent Lyme Disease (NASD)
- Protect Yourself from Ticks and Lyme Disease (NASD)
American Lyme Disease Foundation
Lyme Disease Foundation
Lyme Disease Information Resource
LymeNet
Lyme Disease Network
Lyme Disease Site on the Internet (Vassar)
Snakes and Other Animals
- Dr. Seward's Gila Monster Page
- For Goodness Snakes: Treating and Preventing Venomous Bites (FDA)
- Guide to Florida's Poisonous Snakes (Florida's Museum of Natural History)
- Rattlesnakes (Desert USA)
- Snakebite Emergency First Aid Information
- Snakebite Emergency First Aid Information (Australia)
- Snakebites (GORP)
Resources
International Venom and Toxin
Database (Australia)
Envenomations
(Australian venomous critters)
Poisoning (Virtual Naval Hospital)
