Castor vs spitting spiders

Ricinus communis compared with Scytodes fusca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Castor	spitting spiders
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Scytodidae
Genus	Ricinus	Scytodes
Species	Ricinus communis	Scytodes fusca

Conservation Status

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Castor	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

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

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇿🇦 South Africa