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The spider usually strikes from a distance of 10 to 20 millimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in) and the entire attack sequence only lasts 1/700th of a second. [5] After making the capture, the spider typically bites the prey with venomous effect, and wraps it in the normal spider fashion with silk from the spinnerets. [6]
Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey. Its size ranges between 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in). The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwards. It has six eyes instead of the eight spiders usually have.
Scytodes Latreille, 1804. S. adisi Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil; S. aethiopica Simon, 1907 — Ethiopia; S. affinis Kulczyński, 1901 — Ethiopia; S. aharonii ...
Scytodes fusca, the brown spitting spider, is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae. It is found in Central and Southern America, has been introduced into Europe, tropical Africa , Seychelles , Myanmar, China, Japan, and Hawaii.
Scytodes globula, the Chilean tiger spider, is a predatory spider of the family Scytodidae.In Spanish, it is known as araña tigre, or "tiger spider", but is also well known as "long-legged spider" (because of the disproportional size of those members) or "spitting spider" (because of its hunting methods, in which it projects an extremely sticky web which immobilizes its prey).
Scytodes thoracica, Common Spitting spider. Family Sparassidae. Delena cancerides, Flat Huntsman spider, Social Huntsman Spider or Avondale spider Holconia immanis, Sydney Huntsman spider, Large Huntsman spider, Giant Huntsman spider, Grey Huntsman Spider Neosparassus spp., Badge Huntsman spiders and Shield Huntsman spiders
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Dictis is a genus of spitting spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in ...
Scytodes univittata is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae. It is generally found in Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and India. This species has been introduced to Hawaii, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Egypt and there is a subspecies Scytodes u. unilineata endemic to Myanmar.