Unidentified

Picture ID 174778

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    vavej46193
  • Submitted: Mar 24, 2023
  • Photographed: Mar 23, 2023
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Roeselare, Belgium
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

https://araneae.nmbe.ch/downloads/Dysdera_comparison.pdf The link is to a comparison of the two potential species that it could be based, based on location. It is a Woodlouse Hunting Spider in genus Dysdera. The colors are definitely odd. I’ve found D. crocata 3 times and each time was a bit startling. They can be bright red-orange and their defensive pose is to put all of their legs over their bodies. That looks strange too. They hunt isopods primarily. “Woodlice” are the flat grayish oval bugs that can curl into an armored ball when touched. They are in many cellars and on wet decaying wood,… Read more »

Last edited 1 year ago by TangledWeb