周麗蘭, 人面蜘蛛噬死大頭蛇. China Times, July 3, 2014
www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140703000818-260106
(photo legend: “這隻10公分大的人面蜘蛛織出約1公尺大的網,約60公分長的小「大頭蛇」不慎被纏住,隨後被人面蜘蛛咬1口,痲痺動彈不得慘遭噬死。(周麗蘭翻攝)”)
Note:
(a) 沈成印 is owner of 山中茅蘆 (雲林縣古坑鄉華山村69-10號)
hill-hat.com.tw/
(b) China Times has English publications, which translates protagonists of the report into
(i) golden orb-web spider,
(A) golden silk orb-weaver
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver
(The genus name Nephila is derived from Ancient Greek, meaning "fond of spinning", from the words (nen) = to spin (related to nema "thread") + philos = "love"/ Species from Taiwan have been known to reach over 5 in (130 mm), legspan included, in mountainous country
(B) 郭長成, 人面蜘蛛 Nephila pilipes. 嘉義市私立大同高級商業職業學校(大同高商), undated.
www.ttvs.cy.edu.tw/kcc/92127rr/wb.htm
(C) 嘎嘎 (林義祥), 人面蜘蛛 Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793). 驚奇山行, undated.
gaga.biodiv.tw/9708bx/992.htm
and (ii) cat snake.
For the latter, see Boiga kraepelini (Square-headed) Cat Snake 大頭蛇
www.snakesoftaiwan.com/Boiga kraepelini/species_boiga_kraepelini.htm
(“mildly venomous”)
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