Scytodidae
(Spitting Spiders)

The spider family Scytodidae, commonly known as Spitting Spiders, have been sighted 98 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Scytodidae includes 1 countries and 22 states in the United States. Scytodidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Scytodidae

Common Name (AAS)

Spitting Spiders

Author

John Blackwall, 1864

Sightings Overview

There have been 98 confirmed sightings of Scytodidae (Spitting Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 16, 2025 by Spider ID member tuerie. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 98 sightings because of certain Scytodidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 2% of the time, Scytodidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 96)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Scytodidae has been sighted 10 times outdoors, and 86 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). High foliage (1). Under rock or debris (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (1).

Location and Range

Scytodidae (Spitting Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Scytodidae has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.