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Venomous animals in Austria

51 venomous and poisonous animals live in Austria. The most dangerous come first.

1 animal here can be deadly.

  • Can kill1
  • Needs a doctor1
  • Just hurts18
  • Harmless31

The most dangerous here

Nose-horned viperVipers & addersCan killCommon European adderVipers & addersNeeds a doctorCommon waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsEuropean hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsFire salamanderPoison frogs, toads & newtsJust hurtsDo not touchWestern honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsAsian hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsCommon quailOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsCommon toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsJust hurtsDo not touchDiving bell spiderSpidersJust hurtsGerman waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsMediterranean banded centipedeCentipedesJust hurts

Vipers & adders

Nose-horned viperVipers & addersCan killCommon European adderVipers & addersNeeds a doctor

Spiders

Diving bell spiderSpidersJust hurtsNoble false widowSpidersJust hurtsMediterranean false widowSpidersJust hurtsEuropean garden spiderSpidersHarmlessHobo spiderSpidersHarmlessBarn funnel weaverSpidersHarmlessFen raft spiderSpidersHarmlessGoldenrod crab spiderSpidersHarmlessGreen huntsman spiderSpidersHarmlessRabbit hutch spiderSpidersHarmlessRaft spiderSpidersHarmlessSpotted wolf spiderSpidersHarmlessTriangulate cobweb spiderSpidersHarmlessWoodlouse spiderSpidersHarmless

Tarantulas & funnel-webs

European purseweb spiderTarantulas & funnel-websHarmless

Centipedes

Mediterranean banded centipedeCentipedesJust hurtsHouse centipedeCentipedesHarmlessBrown centipedeCentipedesHarmless

Bees, wasps & hornets

Common waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsEuropean hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsWestern honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsAsian hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsGerman waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsLarge velvet antBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsMedian waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsBuff-tailed bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessMammoth waspBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessRed-tailed bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessTree bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessViolet carpenter beeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless

Ants

Electric antAntsJust hurtsRed wood antAntsHarmless

Caterpillars & bugs

Pine-tree lappetCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touchCommon bombardier beetleCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessCommon backswimmerCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessGarden tiger mothCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessHouse pseudoscorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessWater scorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmless

Venomous fish

Brown bullheadVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch

Venomous mammals

Mediterranean water shrewVenomous mammalsHarmless

Poison frogs, toads & newts

Fire salamanderPoison frogs, toads & newtsJust hurtsDo not touchCommon toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsJust hurtsDo not touchNatterjack toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsHarmlessAlpine salamanderPoison frogs, toads & newtsHarmlessEuropean green toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsHarmless

Other poisonous animals

Common quailOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsBlack oil beetleOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsDo not touchMonarch butterflyOther poisonous animalsHarmlessSix-spot burnetOther poisonous animalsHarmless

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