Scytodes

Scytodes is a genus of spiders in the family Scytodidae. Scytodes spiders have been sighted 98 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Scytodes includes 1 countries and 22 states in the United States. Scytodes 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
Genus: Scytodes

Author

Pierre Latreille, 1804

Sightings Overview

There have been 98 confirmed sightings of Scytodes, 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 Scytodes sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 2% of the time, Scytodes spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 96)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Scytodes 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

Scytodes has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Scytodes 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.