Family: Scytodidae

Scientific Name: Scytodes fusca

Size: See Image 2

Gender: Female

Note, in profile, the enlarged cephalothorax, which house a pair of bilobed venom glands. The glands of this nocturnal spider contain both venom and sticky silk. The spider “spits” this mixture at its victim. The prey becomes glued to the substrate and subject to the action of the venom.

D947 (Yorba Linda, CA / 10 May 15)