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I have two Scytodes sp. spitting spiders. They were both caught within 5 feet of each other but are clearly two different species. They both seem to build cobwebs similar to that of a Pholcid and don't actively hunt like a Lycosid so the white one is not a thoracica, it also lacks the pattern. They are found in Dallas NC. in the backyard under some siding. I have seen the white one before, it is very common. I have seen pictures of it all over the internet but none of them can narrow it down past the genus. The other one, I have never seen before, I don't have great pics but they are at different angles though. I have never seen the black one before. The closest one it looks like online is S. fusca but S. fusca legs are red and it is more brown then black. Apparently there are only 7 species of spitting spider in the US so I don't think it should be this hard to ID them but without further a do, here they are:
The white-ish one:
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The white-ish one:
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And the black one:
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