---
title: "Brown Spitting Spider"
description: "Scytodes fusca — Insetos e aranhas. Scytodes fusca is a species of spider in the family Scytodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/brown-spitting-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Spitting Spider

> Scytodes fusca — Insetos e aranhas. Scytodes fusca is a species of spider in the family Scytodidae.

- Scientific name: *Scytodes fusca*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 2860
- Wikidata: [Q2768985](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2768985)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126289](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126289)

## Names

- en: Brown Spitting Spider
- es: Araña Escupidora Oscura

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1166), US (238), MX (81), CR (29), CO (23), AU (22), DK (20), EC (20), PT (20), ID (18), IN (18), SG (16)

## Summary

Scytodes fusca is a species of spider in the family Scytodidae. It is commonly known as the dark common spitting spider and is a cosmopolitan species that has been introduced to numerous regions worldwide.

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

## Photo

![Brown Spitting Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-spitting-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tiago Lubiana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166504017

## Machine access

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