Bishop's Mitre vs Spitting Spider

Aelia acuminata compared with Scytodes thoracica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	Spitting Spider
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Pentatomidae	Scytodidae
Genus	Aelia	Scytodes
Species	Aelia acuminata	Scytodes thoracica

Evolutionary Relationship

Bishop's Mitre and Spitting Spider share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

Spitting Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	Spitting Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Spitting Spider

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (28 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden