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Woodlouse spider
Dysdera crocata
41.5514, -8.42305
Field Notes
Description:
Female specimens are 11–15 mm long while males are 9–10 mm. They have a dark-red cephalothorax and legs, and a shiny (sometimes very shiny) yellow-brown abdomen. Notably, they have disproportionately large chelicerae.
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Habitat:
They are usually to be found under logs in warm places, often close to woodlice. They have been found in houses. They spend the day in a silken retreat made to enclose crevices in, generally, partially decayed wood, but sometimes construct tent-like structures in indents of various large rocks.
D. crocata, which originated in Europe, now has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Notes:
Spotted in my back yard
Species ID Suggestions
Woodlouse spider
Dysdera sp.
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 30, 2014
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