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Stickiest spitter
Оглавление| NAME | spitting spider Scytodes species |
| LOCATION | worldwide |
| ABILITY | snaring and immobilising prey with sticky spit |
© Robert Suter
The spitting spiders are most closely related to the venomous brown recluse spiders. Like the brown recluses, they have only six eyes (as opposed to eight) and relatively poor vision. But they make up for it with their snaring skills. Their main sense is touch and, as the spiders walk, their two front legs, which are longer than the other six, tap the ground ahead, feeling for something edible.
