Top 10 Coolest Spiders

7th Place:

Spitting Spider

• Size: 0.1-0.2 inches (4-6 mm) (body length)
• Distribution: Worldwide
• Habitat: Under stones, in houses
• Scientific name: Scytodes thoracica
• Dangerous for humans: No

Hunting Strategy

"Being a character from a video game"

You might have seen them in cartoons and video games: huge creepy spiders that spit sticky nets. In reality, only one spider can do that: the spitting spider.

Its web silk isn’t just sticky but also poisonous and can pin prey down on the ground: in less than one 700th of a second, this spider spits up to 20 times at its victim in a zig-zag pattern until it’s stuck to the ground. But they can’t be too far away from their future snack, as they can only spit 0.7 inches (20 mm).

Spitting Spider - Photo: Balazs Kovacs Images/Shutterstock

• Table of Contents:
• 0. Introduction
• 1. Trapdoor Spider
• 2. Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider
• 3. Net-Casting Spider
• 4. Spitting Spider
• 5. Theridion nigroannulatumi
• 6. Bagheera Kiplingi
• 7. Bolas Spider
• 8. Diving Bell Spider
• 9. Evarcha culicivora
• 10. Portia