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Spitting Spider

Scytodes thoracica

Photo by Wildifreq
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, tan colored spider. About the size of my index fingernail. Found crawling under the sink in my bathroom.

Species ID Suggestions

Spitting spider

Scytodes thoracica

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Comments (1)
Wildifreq
Thanks for the ID! I didn't know we had spitting spiders in Indiana. Gross lol!

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International Spider Survey
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Wildlife of Indiana
Photographed
PublishedMarch 17, 2014

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