any poisonous insects in hong kong?

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    any poisonous insects in hong kong?

    any poisonous insects ( or arachids) in hong kong?

    i know that there are some poisonous centapedes (though it's rare) in hk, any others to look for (more like avoid), if you know or come across any, please tell me where you have found these insects, just wondering?


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    Poisonous if they bite you, or if you bite them?

    I didn't get much of an answer from Google, so that leads me to believe at least that there are not many poisonous species, nor are they much of a threat. But with an apparent diversity of more than 6,000 insect species and counting here, odds are good a few of them are at least mildly venomous.

    Of course may wasps are considered venemous because their sting does present a small amount of venom, but unless you are allergic it's not dangerous to a human.

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    thanks, i also that these hornet wasp can cause considerable injury and requires hospitalisation, they are also pretty frigntening as they are so large!!


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    Forget about the small stuff, it's the wild pigs you need to avoid.


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    maybe, we need to do some bear grylls style ( man vs wild) and hunt some these boars


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    Quote Originally Posted by imparanoic:
    maybe, we need to do some bear grylls style ( man vs wild) and hunt some these boars
    You mean stay in a five-star hotel and order room service? Sounds good!

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    i'm sure he has some good techniques, he seems not to be entirely fake


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    Spiders are all venomous to some degree, so those big ones in the NT would probably give a nasty bite.


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    I dunno about Bear Grylls, but some boar grilled sounds good!