small tortoiseshell vs spitting spiders

Aglais urticae compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	spitting spiders
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Scytodidae
Genus	Aglais	Scytodes
Species	Aglais urticae	Scytodes fusca

Evolutionary Relationship

small tortoiseshell and spitting spiders share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

small tortoiseshell

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (41 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

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

small tortoiseshell

small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark