Scytodes sp. (genus) (Spitting spider)


Family Scytodidae. These spiders hunt by spitting a toxic silk at their prey. The steeply domed cephalothorax (front part of the body) houses the powerful muscles needed to rapidly fire the silk out.

Further reference: Atlas of Living Australia


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Regional distribution

Scytodes sp. (genus) is listed in the following regions:

835,843 sightings of 23,655 species from 15,524 members
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