Spider - Dysdera crocata

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… Lynette Elliott, 3 May, 2011 - 9:54am

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… v belov, 24 April, 2011 - 8:40pm

White abdoman

Thanks for your help. One question. All others I've seen in this area had a brown abdoman. There are ones with a white abdoman on bugguide. Any thoughts on why this one is white? Subspecies?

… Wendy 10, 22 April, 2011 - 11:15am

?'s

was it just white in the photo?
could be weird lighting.
also could be a prey thing. seen some spiders turn green after eating green worms...

:)

… widowman10, 22 April, 2011 - 11:17am

really white

Not an artifact of lighting, it was really white. Didn't know they could change color with what they ate. Cool!

… Wendy 10, 22 April, 2011 - 12:12pm

some can, not saying all spid

some can, not saying all spiders can :)

maybe this one is just a slight color variation. seen them fairly pale before, maybe you just found a really really pale one!

check out this:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/412099

… widowman10, 22 April, 2011 - 12:24pm

i agree

D. crocata

… widowman10, 22 April, 2011 - 11:10am

Those chelicerae (fangs)

make me think of the Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata):

However, there are similar species, so let's see if the spider experts agree.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 April, 2011 - 8:19pm