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Dysdera crocata
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
Under rocks, logs, and within damp buildings where wood lice live.
Hunts at night running down wood lice with unusually large fangs to pierce through the tough wood louse armour.
Nice capture! Please consider adding this to the new Spiders of the British Isles mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2977...
Spotted on May 11, 2013
Submitted on May 11, 2013
