Blistering Ammania vs spitting spiders

Ammannia baccifera compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	spitting spiders
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Lythraceae	Scytodidae
Genus	Ammannia	Scytodes
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Scytodes fusca

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

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

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian