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Total US fatalities................................

1985 (northern Mexico 1987)

175 reported fatalities from 1988 to 1995

October 1990 in Hidalgo, Texas

May 1991 in Brownsville, Texas

212 confirmed AHB stinging incidents (5/91 to 9/93)

July 1993 in Harlingen, Texas

June 1993 in Tucson

Tucson 1993 (53 stinging incidents reported in 1993)

October 1995 in Apache Junction

1993

October 1994 in Blythe (Chuckawalla State Prison)

November 1995 in Palo Verde

September 1999 in Long Beach

May 1998 in Laughlin

August 2004 in Tilman County

August 2004 in Mobile County

June 2005 in Miller County

July 2005 in Tampa area (four counties)

April 2008 in Okeechobee County

July 2005 in Caddo Parish

Twenty-three (latest: 9/15/07 Mission, TX;
9/15/07 Graham County, AZ; 9/7/07 San Antonio, TX;
Montana Vista, TX 8/30/07; Hildago, TX 8/27/07.)