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Dysdera crocata
The spiders have their six eyes arranged in a semicircle like segestrids, but have only the first two pairs of legs produced forward. Dysdera crocata has a characteristic coloring, which can only be confused with spiders in the corinnid genera Trachelas and Meriola: the carapace is dull red-brown and the abdomen gray or tan. The "two-tone" look, with the abdomen much lighter than the cephalothorax, is quite striking.
My apologies but I spelled the genus name wrong in the suggestion above. The correct spelling is Dysdera.
Thanks!!! I found it while volunteering in an outdoor classroom. There were all kinds of bugs new to me. Since someone was willing to pick it up, I was willing to photograph it and find out what it was. :-)
Spotted on Mar 24, 2012
Submitted on Mar 24, 2012
