Alpine Rock-Cress vs spitting spiders

Arabis alpina compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Alpine Rock-Cress is Least Concern while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Rock-Cress	spitting spiders
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Brassicaceae	Scytodidae
Genus	Arabis	Scytodes
Species	Arabis alpina	Scytodes fusca

Conservation Status

Alpine Rock-Cress

LC — Least Concern

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Rock-Cress	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Rock-Cress

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and South Africa.

Alpine Rock-Cress

The Alpine Rock-Cress (Arabis alpina) is a species in the genus Arabis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇩🇰 Denmark