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Dysdera crocata
Red cephalothorax, orange legs, pale tan abdomen. Huge chelicerae
under log in yard
Eat only woodlice (rolypolies)
Spotted on Feb 11, 2014
Submitted on Feb 11, 2014
4 Comments
Thanks Maria dB, medusasnakes123, and all who favorited. Jeff, interesting info; thanks for sharing. I've never seen one of these before. I think it's fascinating that they only eat woodlice.
This spider is widely distributed. I encountered many in central California annual grasslands when conducting pitfall trapping surveys for amphibians. I would open traps in late afternoon, and return the next morning to find these spiders in many of the traps.
wow! at first glance it kinda looks like a crab! nice spotting!
Nice spotting!