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
Scytodes sp. (genus) is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Scytodes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Spitting spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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