The insects are a hyperdiverse class containing more species than all other animal groups
combined—and many employ venom to capture prey, deter predators and micro-organisms …

Caterpillar envenomation is a global health threat in the 21st century. Every direct or indirect
contact with the urticating hairs of a caterpillar results in clinical manifestations ranging from …

Introduction As an ecological adaptation venoms have evolved independently in several
species of Metazoa. As haematophagous arthropods ticks are mainly considered as …

As a tribute to Butantan Institute in its 120th anniversary, this review describes some of the
scientific research efforts carried out in the study of Lonomia envenoming in Brazil, a country …

Ecosystem services are essential for the health of current and future generations and key to
the sustainable development of our societies. The role of insects in providing ecosystem …

Resumen Lonomia obliqua (Walker, 1855) es una mariposa nocturna de la familia
Saturniidae, ampliamente distribuida en selvas tropicales de Sudamérica. Su larva (oruga) …

Envenoming by the contact of human skin with Lonomia obliqua caterpillars promotes a
hemorrhagic syndrome characterized by a consumptive coagulopathy. Losac (Lonomia …

In recent years, injuries resulting from human contact with Lepidoptera species have
become an increasing health problem in different regions around the world, occasionally …

Lonomia obliqua envenomation is characterized by intense local inflammatory reaction,
which, dependent on the severity of the case, is followed by severe clinical manifestations …

Erucism is a skin reaction to envenomation from certain poisonous caterpillar bristles. In
Brazil, most reports of erucism provoked by Lonomia caterpillars are from the southern …