Dysdera crocata
(Woodlouse Hunter)

The way you took the photo is excellent. It shows how the spider’s fangs wrap around and pierce sideways. These spiders have fangs that kill pillbugs/ sowbugs/woodlice….the flat oval isopods that curl into an armored sphere in self-defense. I think this is pretty cool. In sphere form, the woodlouse has chitin armor almost everywhere but the seam that is the thin side of the flat bug. Wood Louse Hunters have fangs like: D They wrap around the sphere and pierce from both sides at the soft spot with the fang tips overlapping at the center. Your spider is seen trying… Read more »