Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Christmas 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
- Gasteracantha panisicca
- Gasteracantha rhomboidea
- Gasteracantha fornicata
- Gasteracantha doriae
- Gasteracantha diadesmia
- Gasteracantha sauteri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Araneidae
- Genus
- Gasteracantha
- Species
- Gasteracantha taeniata
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