Spitting Spider | Scytodes sp.

Latin name	Observation date	Location
Scytodes sp.	24.06.2023	Blang Crum, Muara Dua, Lhokseumawe City, Aceh, Indonesia

Hey nature observers! This afternoon, I noticed a spider ambushing its prey. It was a spitting spider (Scytodes sp.) with its prey being a fly.

Spitting spiders are almost physically similar to wolf spiders. The difference is that the spitting spider can be recognized by its bright orange physique with stripes that mimic a tiger.

It does not build cobwebs like orb-weaving spiders. This spider lives in weed leaves and makes a kind of fence with a little coil of silk web. One could say it was a warning that it was its territory.

Most spiders have jaws with deadly bites, and the spitting spider also uses the same weapon to immobilize its prey.

Another interesting fact about a spitting spider is that when setting an ambush, it wraps its prey in a silk web. Yes, it was a clever way of making it absolutely impossible for the prey to move.

Latitude	Longitude	Map
5.130386	97.141717	https://goo.gl/maps/vjoWWB5AMP1bVHNF7

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^{All of the images here are my own work, taken with a Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.}