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title: "Getijgerde lijmspuiter"
description: "Scytodes thoracica — Insecten en spinnen. Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-spitting-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Getijgerde lijmspuiter

> Scytodes thoracica — Insecten en spinnen. Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey.

- Scientific name: *Scytodes thoracica*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9863
- Wikidata: [Q1313397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313397)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57450](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57450)

## Names

- en: Common Spitting Spider
- de: Speispinne
- es: Araña escupidora
- fr: Araignée cracheuse commune
- nl: Getijgerde lijmspuiter
- pt: Aranha cuspideira

## Countries with the most observations

US (1694), DE (1391), FR (1390), IT (913), AT (773), GB (542), NL (274), ES (256), CH (187), DK (180), BE (161), CZ (131)

## Summary

Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey. Its size ranges between 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in). The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwards.
As a member of family Scytodidae, it has six eyes instead of the eight spiders commonly have. 
This particular spitting spider features the presence of silk glands in its cephalothorax. Besides the silk glands in its abdomen, the spider also has silk glands connected with its venom glands. In this way the spider has the ability to make venomous silk.…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scytodes_thoracica

## Photo

![Getijgerde lijmspuiter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-spitting-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marino Linić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117664764

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-spitting-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).