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108 venomous and poisonous animals live in Greece. The most dangerous come first.
7 animals here can be deadly.
- Deadly1
- Can kill6
- Needs a doctor14
- Just hurts46
- Harmless41
The most dangerous here
Silver-cheeked toadfishOther poisonous animalsDeadly
Reef stonefishVenomous fishCan killDo not touch
Nose-horned viperVipers & addersCan kill
Ottoman viperVipers & addersCan kill
Palestine viperVipers & addersCan kill
Striped eel catfishVenomous fishCan killDo not touch
White-spotted pufferOther poisonous animalsCan kill
Common European adderVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Red lionfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Common stingrayVenomous fishNeeds a doctor
Devil firefishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Greater weeverVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touchVipers & adders
Lataste's viper
Milos viper
Greek meadow viperRear-fanged snakes
Montpellier snake
Eastern Montpellier snakeSpiders
Mediterranean black widowSpidersNeeds a doctor
Diving bell spiderSpidersJust hurts
Noble false widowSpidersJust hurts
Tarantula wolf spiderSpidersJust hurts
Mediterranean false widowSpidersJust hurts
Mediterranean recluseSpidersJust hurts
Tube web spiderSpidersJust hurts
European garden spiderSpidersHarmless
Hobo spiderSpidersHarmless
Barn funnel weaverSpidersHarmless
False wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Fen raft spiderSpidersHarmless
Goldenrod crab spiderSpidersHarmless
Rabbit hutch spiderSpidersHarmless
Triangulate cobweb spiderSpidersHarmless
Woodlouse spiderSpidersHarmlessTarantulas & funnel-webs
European purseweb spiderScorpions
Common yellow scorpion
European yellow-tailed scorpion
Italian scorpionCentipedes
Mediterranean banded centipede
House centipede
Brown centipedeBees, wasps & hornets
Common waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
European hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Western honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Asian hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
European paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
German waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Large velvet antBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Median waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Oriental hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Buff-tailed bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Mammoth waspBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Red-tailed bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Tree bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Violet carpenter beeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Yellow-legged mud dauberBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessAnts
Electric ant
European fire ant
Red wood antCaterpillars & bugs
Oak processionaryCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Pine processionaryCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Pine-tree lappetCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Common bombardier beetleCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Common backswimmerCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Garden tiger mothCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
House pseudoscorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Water scorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessJellyfish & sea stingers
Clinging jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Compass jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Mauve stingerJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Snakelocks anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Berried anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Christmas tree hydroidJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurts
Mediterranean box jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Nomadic jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Barrel jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Beadlet anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Fried egg jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Blue buttonJellyfish & sea stingersHarmlessCone snails & octopuses
Common octopus
Common cuttlefish
Mediterranean coneVenomous fish
Reef stonefishVenomous fishCan killDo not touchStriped eel catfishVenomous fishCan killDo not touchRed lionfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touchCommon stingrayVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDevil firefishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touchGreater weeverVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Lesser weeverVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Red scorpionfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Spotted weeverVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Starry weeverVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Atlantic stargazerVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Black scorpionfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Brown bullheadVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Dusky spinefootVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Marbled spinefootVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Rabbit fishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touchUrchins, stars & worms
Bearded fireworm
Black long-spined urchin
Orange firewormVenomous mammals
Eurasian water shrew
Mediterranean water shrewPoison frogs, toads & newts
Fire salamander
Common toad
Natterjack toad
Alpine salamander
European green toadOther poisonous animals
Silver-cheeked toadfishOther poisonous animalsDeadlyWhite-spotted pufferOther poisonous animalsCan kill
Spot-fin porcupinefishOther poisonous animalsNeeds a doctor
Common quailOther poisonous animalsJust hurts
Black oil beetleOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsDo not touch
Red-striped oil beetleOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsDo not touch
Monarch butterflyOther poisonous animalsHarmless
Yellow boxfishOther poisonous animalsHarmless
Six-spot burnetOther poisonous animalsHarmlessBitten or stung?
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