Seaside spitting spider

Scytodes maritima is widely distributed across three South African provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga. It has been recorded from more than ten protected areas across its range.

The species inhabits multiple biomes including Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, and Savanna biomes, as well as commercial pine plantations, at altitudes ranging from 27 to 2142 m above sea level. It is a wandering spider commonly collected from tree and herb layers and from under stones and dark places on the soil surface. At Ndumo Game Reserve, the species was also sampled from Vachellia xanthophloea bark.