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Stenopelmatini. Genera. Ammopelmatus. Stenopelmatus. Jerusalem crickets (or potato bugs) [1] are a group of large, flightless insects in the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus, together comprising the tribe Stenopelmatini. The former genus is native to the western United States and parts of Mexico, while the latter genus is from Central America.
Manchineel is native to the Caribbean, the U.S. state of Florida, the Bahamas, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. [8] The manchineel tree can be found on coastal beaches and in brackish swamps, where it grows among mangroves. It provides excellent natural windbreaks and its roots stabilize the sand, thus reducing beach erosion.
Madame de Montespan. The Affair of the Poisons ( French: affaire des poisons) was a major murder scandal in France during the reign of King Louis XIV. Between 1677 and 1682, a number of prominent members of the aristocracy were implicated and sentenced on charges of poisoning and witchcraft. The scandal reached into the inner circle of the king ...
List. The terciopelo ( Bothrops asper) [note 1] is a highly venomous species of New World pit viper, found at low to moderate elevations, from northeastern Mexico through Central and South America, where it is known to inhabit elevations as high as 2600 meters (approx. 8,500') above sea level in the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes, as well as ...
Tachyskarthmos annamensis. Nebridia borealis. Jacobia brauni. Vitia albipalpis. Hasarius adansoni, known commonly as Adanson's house jumper, [1] is a species of jumping spider that is common in warm regions around the world, often associated with people.
Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. [1] The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning "pit", and ὄψ, ops, meaning "eye" or "face", together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs. Members of this genus are responsible for more human deaths in ...
Giovanna De Grandis (la Cavamacchie), laundress and poisoner, associate of Gironima Spana; confessed to have manufactured and sold poison, hanged on 5 July 1659. Gironima Spana (1615-1659), poisoner and astrologer, manufactured and sold poison and was the head of the poison network; hanged on 5 July 1659.
Bothrops jararaca —known as the jararaca [4] or yarara [5] —is a highly venomous pit viper species endemic to South America in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. The specific name, jararaca, is derived from the Tupi words yarará and ca, which mean 'large snake'. Within its geographic range, it is often abundant and is an ...