Habitat
''Scytodes thoracica'' is nocturnal. It prefers warm temperatures and is not rare inside houses.In Southern Europe, it can be found under stones outside houses. In Northern Europe it can only be found in houses.
Reproduction
The mother does not make a nest, but carries her eggs under her belly in a net of silk.Food
In contrast to the Pseudoscorpions that use the silk from the cephalothorax glands to make nests, the 'spitting spider' uses it to catch prey in a very particular way. It is a very slow hunter as its long and tender legs may suggest. During night, when all insects are at rest, Scytodes starts its hunt. The spider sneaks very carefully towards its prey and, from about 10 mm , stops and carefully measures the distance to its prey with one front leg without disturbing it. Then it squeezes the back of its body together and spits two poisonous silk threads, in 1/600 sec, in a zigzag manner over the victim. The prey is immediately immobilized. When the prey is larger the spider spits several times. It is assumed the spider uses special long hearing hairs located at its legs to locate its prey.References:
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