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Published: 2006-11-08 05:53:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 647; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 20
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I looking for a cd in the cupboard today and this guy came out, thought it was a daddy long legs at first but it isn't and i have no idea what it is. Anyone? So i took a photo before shoeing him off outside. Ill just call him SquidHead or ConeHead Spider
EDIT: thanks to *pitbulllady, It's a spitting spider (Scytodes sp) which spits out this stream of sticky goo, which traps their prey, they hunt other spiders.
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i'd definatly say this is a female, since most female spiders' abdomens are larger in comparison to there cephalathorax (head). also i have never seen a brown one, only clear. i have a cute as a button clear one living in my bathroom.
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That's a Spitting Spider, Scytodes sp. These guys specialize in hunting other spiders. They actually spit out this stream of sticky goo, which traps their prey, and they reel it in and eat it, sorta like the way a chameleon uses its tongue! They are related to Cellar Spiders(what Australians call "Daddy Long-Legs, which also specialize in killing other spiders, though they use a web to trap them)and are harmless to people or pets. That humped carapace contains glands to produce their venomous glue.
pitbulllady
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cool thanks for that info, i will update the pic's name
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That is the weirdest spider I've ever seen !!! Nice shot !
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mind if i send this photo into a website i stumbled opon a few months ago if i can find it again? its a spider identification website where you send in a photo and they post it up on thier website and tell the world what it is i'll credit the photo to you or i can msg you the url if you want to do it your self. remember this is all if i can even find the site again.... did you hurt the poor thing it looks asthough its missing a leg... its cute though! and a wonderfull shot.
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no worries, my msn is nigel@eyeit.org or google talk whatisthe1
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weird I just spent like 15 mins trying to find out what kind of spider this is for you, i checked out your profile and saw it said you were in Australia, so I found a site about spiders down tehre, the only one I saw close to it was a huntsmanspider, but it dosnt have the hair the huntsman has 
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yeh nothing like a huntsman, there alot flatter and have lots of hair and dont have a cone head!! lol thanks for the help mate!! someone's bound to get it.
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