Scytodidae
(Spitting Spiders)

The spider family Scytodidae, commonly known as Spitting Spiders, have been sighted 123 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Scytodidae includes 14 countries and 20 states in the United States. Scytodidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

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 123 confirmed sightings of Scytodidae (Spitting Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 3, 2025 by Spider ID member jack-loper. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 123 sightings because of certain Scytodidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 3% of the time, Scytodidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 121)
Sex: 1 female and 2 male.
Environment: Scytodidae has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 109 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). High foliage (1). Under rock or debris (3). Open field, pasture, grassland (1).

Location and Range

Scytodidae (Spitting Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Belize, Germany, Hungary, India, Puerto Rico, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

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