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What kinds of spiders can you find in Taiwan? Many people are terrified of spiders and find them extremely creepy. This is unfortunate because not only are most spiders completely harmless, but they benefit our environment by controlling the insect population.
25 mar 2021 · Hiking in Taiwan is always an adventure. Between poisonous snakes, deadly, swarming murder Hornets as big as a grown man's little finger, and spiders as big as a man's hand, it might seem pretty scary. Add in earthquakes, typhoons and native tribes and it might just seem pretty perilous indeed!
25 sty 2017 · The most poisonous spiders found in Taiwan are rare Macrothele taiwanensis and Latrodectus mactans, a variety of the black widow, but neither have fatal bites, Lo said, adding that bites from these spiders would cause skin ulcers, dizziness and vomiting that go away within a week.
8 sty 2022 · Although they are common, it is the first we have found on the Grand Taipei Trail so far. Further up the trail a venomous Taiwanese habu (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus) is slithering across the path. Contrary to slug snakes, these can be dangerous. But left alone they are no threat to anyone.
31 sie 2013 · ESRI says that relatively few spiders pose any apparent threat to humans, adding that the few highly poisonous spiders found in Taiwan include Macrothele taiwanensis and the female redback spider. You can avoid putting yourself in harm’s way by not trying to catch any of these spiders, the institute says.
15 lip 2022 · More than 600 spider species (Order, Araneae) are distributed in Taiwan (Chung and Shao, 2021). Among these species, Latrodectus (i.e., widow spiders; L. elegans and L. geometricus) and Macrothele (i.e., funnel-web spiders) spp. are potentially dangerous to humans (Chung and Shao, 2021; Shih-Wen Hung, 2004).
This Page contains the main contents of our Spider (Order: Araneae) obersvations in Taiwan. Categories are arranged in alphabetical order using the main levels of taxonomic classification: Family; Genus; Species. Following the Genus, you will find the Species page by clicking inside the text/photo.
