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Woodlouse spider

Dysdera crocata

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. https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j...

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

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Woodlouse spider
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6 Comments

Thanks Gilma for your kind words

Very nice looking spider!!

Thanks Hema,this one is not uncommon,but is allways hiden under something,rare to see

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

great details an dcolors!

DDO
DDO 10 years ago

beautiful!

Thanks Alan for the id

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Mar 7, 2014
Submitted on Mar 30, 2014

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