Caesar's Amanita vs Spitting Spider

Amanita caesarea compared with Scytodes thoracica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Spitting Spider
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Scytodidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Scytodes
Species	Amanita caesarea	Scytodes thoracica

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Spitting Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Spitting Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Caesar's Amanita

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Taiwan, and United States.

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).

Caesar's Amanita

The Caesar's Amanita (Amanita caesarea) is a species in the genus Amanita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.