Editing Spitting spider (section)

==Hunting technique==
Scytodidae catch their prey by spitting a fluid that congeals on contact into a [[venom (poison)|venomous]] and sticky mass. The fluid contains both venom and [[spider silk]] in liquid form, though it is produced in venom glands in the [[chelicerae]]. The venom-laced silk both immobilizes and envenoms prey such as [[silverfish]]. In high-speed footage the spiders can be observed swaying from side to side as they "spit", catching the prey in a criss-crossed "Z" pattern; it is criss-crossed because each of the [[chelicerae]] emits half of the pattern. The spider usually strikes from a distance of {{convert|10|to|20|mm}} and the entire attack sequence only lasts 1/700th of a second.<ref name=Pipe07>{{Cite book |last=Piper |first=Ross |author-link=Ross Piper |year=2007 |title=Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals |publication-place=Westport, Conn. |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-33922-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/extraordinaryani0000pipe }}</ref> After making the capture, the spider typically bites the prey with venomous effect, and wraps it in the normal spider fashion with silk from the spinnerets.<ref name=G&R>{{cite journal |last1=Gilbert |first1=C. |first2=L.S. |last2=Rayor |date=1985 |title=Predatory behavior of spitting spiders (Araneae, Scytodidae) and the evolution of prey wrapping |journal=Journal of Arachnology |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=231–241 |jstor=3705028 }}</ref>