There is a popular misconception among people in Taiwan that contact with the "urine" of the laya can cause skin blisters and ulceration, but in fact the spider has been made a scapegoat for the real culprit, the blister beetle (Paederus fuscipes).
民間常誤會接觸到剌蚜（白額高腳蜘蛛）尿液，皮膚會起水泡、潰爛，其實只是元兇隱翅蟲的代罪羔羊。