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...bite of Loxosceles laeta (laeta, by the way, is Latin for happy, joyous, or pleasant) causes a local ulcer and deterioration of blood and muscle tissue. The condition may spread through the body. Laeta bites are not usually fatal, Levi said...
There is no doubt that the spider population has been decreased tremendously by spraying," stated Herbert W. Levi, Associate Curator of Arachnology, but it will take about a year before we know whether they have been completed exterminated...
Since the spiders were discovered in December, Levi has been receiving requests for specimens from museums and arasitologists from places as far away as Australia...
Herert W. Levi, Associate Curator of Arachnology at the Museum, has identified one of a number of spiders found alive in the basement as Loxosceles laeta, previously unknown in this country. It is believed that the species has been living undetected in Cambridge for several years...
Proud though he is of his laetas, Dr. Levi knows that they must be eliminated. But he is in no hurry. He points out that millions of dollars were spent in an effort to wipe out the South American fire ants that invaded the southern U.S. in the 1920s. No research was done in advance, and the ants are thriving still. Before attacking the spiders in his museum's basement. Dr. Levi intends to find out whether they have spread to other Harvard buildings in a search for their silverfish food. He wants to learn where the females...