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Sptting spider

Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837

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The sptting spider (Scytodes fusca) is a species in the family Scytodidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 4.98 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Brazil, El Salvador and Panama.

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Quick facts about the sptting spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.98 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the sptting spider?

SPTTING SPIDER · LENGTH 4.98 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.98 mm, the recorded maximum length of the sptting spider is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the sptting spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The sptting spider is listed for 3 countries.

BrazilPanamaEl Salvador
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. El Salvador
  3. Panama

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sptting spider as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the sptting spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sptting spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyScytodidae
  6. genusScytodes
  7. SpeciesScytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837

Synonyms Dictis domestica, Dictis fumida, Scytodes atrofusca, Scytodes bajula, Scytodes campinensis, Scytodes discolor, Scytodes domestica, Scytodes guianensis, Scytodes hebraica, Scytodes iguassuensis, Scytodes nannipes, Scytodes torquata, Scytodes velutina, Scytodes vittata

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Brown spitting spiderEnglish
  • lepovka tmaváCzech
  • Væksthus-spytteedderkopDanish
  • Dunkle SpeispinneGerman
  • Araña Escupidora OscuraSpanish
  • Ragno sputatore scuroItalian
  • クロヤマシログモJapanese
  • Aranha-cuspideira-escuraPortuguese
  • lepivka tmaváSlovak
  • 暗花皮蛛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sptting spider

Other species in the same genus Scytodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the sptting spider?

An adult sptting spider measures 4.98 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the sptting spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sptting spider for 3 countries: Brazil, El Salvador and Panama. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the sptting spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sptting spider as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the sptting spider?

The sptting spider (Scytodes fusca) belongs to the family Scytodidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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@misc{sptting_spider_2026,
  title = {Sptting spider (Scytodes fusca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sptting-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}