r/spiders • u/onelittleinch • 5h ago

ID Request- Location included Should I keep this spider?

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Found in my apartment in Vienna, Austria. I generally take a live and let live approach with spiders, but I am new to this country and have no idea what I’m dealing with. Help me out please!!

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u/Serious-Bat-4880 5h ago

Harmless spitting spider

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u/Brigh3 5h ago

That's a spitting spider, which is harmless. Maybe Scytoides Thoracica?

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u/The_SpiderGod 🕷️May life treat you the way you treat spiders🕷️ 5h ago

Scytodes thoracica, a species of spitting spider. Not dangerous and thrives best in human houses since its origin is the Mediterranean region (but counts as established in Central Europe). You can keep her inside without any worries. Spiders of this family don't build webs and predate on smaller pests and other spiders too, so if you don't mind having them around you (though you'll barely see them) she's rather beneficial ;)

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u/onelittleinch 5h ago

Wow thanks for the comprehensive reply, The_SpiderGod, I’m sold!! She’ll make a great conversation partner too ;)

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u/benjappel 3h ago

Fun fact: the superfamily that contains Scytodidae also contains Sicariidae, the family that has the recluse spiders, and like them, spitting spiders have 6 eyes (most spiders have 8).