Unidentified

Picture ID 127002

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This little one had settled in a corner of my stairs. Thought maybe cob web weaver at first glance but on my second trip down the stairs I really looked and just took a pic.

Submitted by:
embalmer
Submitted: Sep 23, 2020
Photographed: Sep 18, 2020
Spider: Unidentified
Location: Jerseyville , Illinois, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
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Vonpaulus

September 24, 2020 10:32 am

This is Scytodes thoracica, a harmless spider. Harmless to humans, but not to house pests, that’s understood 😉
It is commonly known as the “spitting spider” due to its amazing hunting technique:

https://imb.uq.edu.au/article/2017/11/spitting-spiders-natures-strangest-hunters