Saturday, 31 July 2010

spitting spider

Spitting spider

order araneae
family scytodidae
genus Scytodes

characteristics
-small brown spider, with longer legs then body size. There are joints that are darker on the leggs. its dome-shaped carapace is unusual as it slopes upwards towards the rear end.

Adaptations
- catches food by spitting a fluid that immobiolozes them.

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