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Is anyone able to identify this spider? This was the closest I could get without it moving away.
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- Submitted: Jun 12, 2018
- Photographed: Jun 2, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Cape Town , South Africa
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi there,
Pretty sure its this guy – https://bugguide.net/node/view/520984/bgpage
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Dysdera
Species: Dysdera Crocata
Bites by the woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata, are virtually innocuous. The main symptom is minor pain, typically lasting less than 1 hr, probably due mostly to the mechanical puncture of the skin
A woodlouse spider.