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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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Unknown Spider - Dysdera crocata
Copyright © 2008 Ray Lemke

Unknown Spider - Dysdera crocata
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
August 22, 2008
Size: 1/2"
Found in some rubbish in my garage. Moves very quickly. Can someone ID?
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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 22 August, 2008 - 9:13pm
Last updated 21 September, 2008 - 11:40pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 September, 2008 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

Cool spider!
Can't help with the ID, but I like this one a lot! Hopefully one of our spider experts can help with the ID. Thanks for contributing this nice image.
… Ken Schneider, 22 August, 2008 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Found it!
Looks like it might be Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Hunter)?

See, for example:

… Ken Schneider, 22 August, 2008 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
You're right!
What a strange little creature!
… Ray Lemke, 22 August, 2008 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

 
If this is the right ID -
this spider feeds on Pill Bugs - do you have any of those around near your garage?
… Ken Schneider, 22 August, 2008 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
There was a lot of debris and rubbish in the garage that had been untouched for years; I was cleaning it out when I found this guy.
… Ray Lemke, 23 August, 2008 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

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