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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Dysderidae » Dysdera » Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata)
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small spider with big fangs - Dysdera crocata
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

small spider with big fangs - Dysdera crocata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 14, 2007
Size: ~7mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 September, 2007 - 6:15pm
Last updated 12 March, 2022 - 2:03pm

eye arrangement
This image is being used in the eye arrangement article, thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 20 November, 2008 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

Built-in nut cracker
Amazing critter. A friend of mine shot one.
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/spiders/Dysdera.htm
… Ron Hemberger, 16 September, 2007 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

 
That's why I don't handle spiders
This one could wrap it's fangs around my finger:-)
… tom murray, 16 September, 2007 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
That's a nasty looking spider!
Where did you find this? I'm assuming that it forages in the leaf litter as it feeds on sow bugs. Kind of late reply, but I just found your fine image.
… Scott Justis, 25 October, 2008 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
It does look nasty
That's a good reason why I don't like handling spiders.
If I remember right, it was under a log in the woods.
… tom murray, 25 October, 2008 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tom
I've turned over a lot of logs, but haven't seen one of these yet! If I do find one, I hope it doesn't scurry away quickly like a centipede so I can get some close ups of it :^)

I keep my distance from spiders! I have a healthy respect for those fangs.
… Scott Justis, 25 October, 2008 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Spiders.
… tom murray, 16 September, 2007 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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