Hygropoda higenaga is a species of nursery web spider in the family Pisauridae. Originally described as Dolomedes higenaga by Kishida in 1936, it was transferred to the genus Hygropoda by Yaginuma in 1965. The species is distributed across East Asia, including China, Taiwan, and Japan.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Flexible-legged Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Pisauridae
- Genus
- Hygropoda
- Species
- Hygropoda higenaga
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