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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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spider - Dysdera crocata
Copyright © 2009 Wendy 10

spider - Dysdera crocata
Greenbrae, Marin County, California, USA
October 28, 2009
Size: Approx 1 inch
Found under a board, not in a web.
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Contributed by Wendy 10 on 31 October, 2009 - 10:09pm
Last updated 1 November, 2009 - 9:07am

Moved
Moved from Dysdera.
… Kari J McWest, 1 November, 2009 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kari J McWest, 1 November, 2009 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

Woodlouse Hunter
This is one of the Woodlouse Hunters in the Dysdera genus (a Haplogyne). I believe it has to be Dysdera crocata because that's the only species of the genus. Here's a neat website with some info about them. Hope that helps. Happy Halloween!
… Mandy Howe, 31 October, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Dysdera
Thanks for your help! The web reference was great. In Spiders and Their Kin (St. Martin's Press) it shows D. corcata with a gray abdomen and a black cephelothorax.
… Wendy 10, 31 October, 2009 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Was it a black & white photo?
Lol! Sorry, I couldn't help it. :)

Hmm, I'm not sure I've ever seen one with a black cephalothorax before. I've never seen any in person, just ones in books and online. They sort of vary in color a tiny bit, but they are mostly always beige/tan/gold (abdomen) and maroon/orange/red (cephalothorax). It's strange that the book would show a black and gray one (unless it really was a black & white photo).
… Mandy Howe, 1 November, 2009 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

 
Color photo!
Shows reddish brown (brownish red?) legs.
… Wendy 10, 1 November, 2009 - 12:18am login or register to post comments

 
Weird
Is it a photograph or is it an artist's rendition?
… Mandy Howe, 1 November, 2009 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

 
Illustration
You're right, illustrations by Nicholas Strakalovsky, not photos. Still, most artists do distinguish between red, black and gray!
… Wendy 10, 1 November, 2009 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Colors
I agree. It's strange that he used black/gray.
… Mandy Howe, 1 November, 2009 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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