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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.
Tapinauchenius plumipes, the orange tree spider, is a tarantula endemic to French Guiana. It was first described by Ludovico Di Caporiacco in 1954. Its previous name, Tapinauchenius gigas was based on the Latin word for giant, being gigas. [1] This tarantula is often kept as a pet and commonly bred.
Spitting spiders are a family of araneomorph spiders, the family Scytodidae, first described by John Blackwall in 1864. [2] It contains over 250 species in five genera , [ 1 ] of which Scytodes is the best-known.
Scytodes is a genus of spitting spiders that occur all around the world. The most widely distributed species is Scytodes thoracica, which originally had a palearctic distribution, but has been introduced to North America, Argentina, India, Australia, and New Zealand. [1]
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Giant spiders about the size of a human hand are set to become the latest creatures to roam around the New York City streets alongside the subway rats and the (supposed) sewer alligators.
Olios giganteus are primarily coloured black, brown tan and orange. The spider has a crab-like appearance due to their legs being "laterigrade", at the base so as to be oriented in a horizontal plane rather than a vertical plane. The total leg span of Olios giganteus can be up to 3 inches. [7]
Trigger warning: We are talking about spiders ahead. Now that you’ve been warned, these huge, yellow, blue-black and red Joro spiders are all over Georgia, spinning webs up to 10 feet wide.