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Florida ground spider? - Scytodes fusca - female
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Florida ground spider? - Scytodes fusca - Female
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
June 25, 2008
This spider hides in a small silk crevice, common on edges of ceilings.

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Florida ground spider? - Scytodes fusca - female Spitting spider in FL - Scytodes fusca - female
Contributed by astrosa on 5 July, 2008 - 10:10am
Last updated 8 April, 2017 - 7:16pm

Spitting Spider
This is a spitting spider. Note the domed cephalothorax and the six eyes arranged in three pairs.

Looks very much like Scytodes fusca specifically.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/49235
… Jebus31, 5 July, 2008 - 10:35am

 
Looks like it indeed, and the
Looks like it indeed, and the descriptions I've met match the behavior of this spider. Thanks!
… astrosa, 5 July, 2008 - 11:09am

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