Scytodidae
(Spitting Spiders)

The spider family Scytodidae, commonly known as Spitting Spiders, have been sighted 99 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Scytodidae includes 1 countries and 23 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 99 confirmed sightings of Scytodidae (Spitting Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on July 29, 2026 by Spider ID member svhomesteader. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 99 sightings because of certain Scytodidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 2% of the time, Scytodidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 97)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Scytodidae has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 86 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). 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 Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.