Comments & ID Thoughts
I believe it's a woodlouse spider. At first wasn't sure what it was because looks like tick,until it started walking.
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- Submitted: Apr 21, 2021
- Photographed: Apr 20, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Evansville , Indiana, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: No
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Yes, this is a Woodlouse-hunting Spider. There is only one species in the US, Dysdera crocata. Ticks are arachnids too, people often mistake ticks for spiders.
I did not know ticks are arachnids.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/arachnida
This is the best taxonomy chart and detailed info about class Arachnida that I could find. The best part (not included) is that there are spiders that eat ticks, such as False Black Widows, Steatoda grossa. Unfortunately I’ve already found a tick on myself this year.
Thank you so much. Watch out for ticks. I had end stage Lyme in 1992. Became very ill. Issues from Lyme cause immune system issues many years later. Cat nip was scientifically found to be as effective as deet with ticks. Thank you so much for the chart. Very helpful.
Don’t go walking in the wrong part of the woods wearing catnip, or you’ll attract too much attention from wild cats. 😉