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Arachnids include arthropods such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.
Insect- and Arthropod-Related Diseases Ticks, mosquitoes, lice, and fleas continue to cause sickness and death worldwide
Pictorial Keys to Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals of Public Health Significance pictorial keys used to teach animal identification to personnel (sanitarians, engineers, physicians, veterinarians, etc.) without special training in taxonomyLinks to information from outside CDC
Arachnology, International Study of Spiders [external link] (Berlin) international society devoted to arachnology
Bed Bugs and Their Control [external link] (New Mexico State University) document about the common bed bug
Black Widow [external link] (The University of Ohio Extension) fact sheet about the widow spider species in the United States
Brown Recluse and Other Recluse Spiders [external link] (University of California Davis) document on recluse spiders
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes [external link] (CanaColl Foundation, Canada) collection used to identify and classify organisms and as a database supporting agricultural research
Entomology-Spiders and Other Arachnids [external link] (University of California Riverside) research and extension service on spiders and other arachnids
Other Common Household Spiders [external link] (The University of Ohio Extension) fact sheet about spiders in and around the house
Tarantula [external link] (The University of Ohio Extension) fact sheet about tarantulas
Wolf Spider [external link] (Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension) information about wolf spiders
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