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Wood louse spider

Dysdera crocata

Photo by JudeAlexAgate
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Field Notes

Description:

20mm in length

Red - Red/brown body and legs

Cream/beige abdomen the size, shape and colour of a baked bean

Found within a silk tube in the daytime

Habitat:

Under rocks, logs, and within damp buildings where wood lice live.

Notes:

Hunts at night running down wood lice with unusually large fangs to pierce through the tough wood louse armour.

Species ID Suggestions

Wood louse spider

Dysdera crocata
JudeAlexAgate
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Comments (1)
KarenL
Nice capture! Please consider adding this to the new Spiders of the British Isles mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/29779008

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedMay 11, 2013

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