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    • Scytodidae
  • English
    • Spitting Spiders

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Recent Observations

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Photos

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Observer

crusty

Date

Mar 23, 2012

Description

Scytodes Thoracica, maybe.
Approx. 1.25cm including legs.
I need to try to remember to add a dime to the photo for size reference.....

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Photos

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What

Spitting Spider Scytodes thoracica

Observer

Tiggrx

Date

Aug 8, 2007
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Description from Wikipedia

Spitting spiders (family Scytodidae) are spiders of the genus Scytodes and their relatives. There are five genera and over 150 species of scytodids worldwide. They catch their prey by spitting a fluid that immobilizes it by congealing on contact into a venomous and sticky mass. They can be observed swaying from side to side, in order to cover the prey in a crisscrossed "Z" pattern; each of two pores in the chelicerae emits half of the...

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