
Comments & ID Thoughts
Was cleaning my room when I noticed it on the floor definitely Recently died because his limbs are not yet stiff, idk if still identifiable.
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- Submitted: Dec 27, 2024
- Photographed: Dec 27, 2024
- Spider: Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Hunter)
- Sex:Male,
- Location: Boise, Idaho, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Sorry about camera quality
Not possible to be sure but from its redish color and what appear to be long jaws…it may be a woodlouse hunter
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68912-Dysdera-crocata
Ok, thank you, I wasn’t really shure and neither was my mom, she thought it was a Recluse or sun spider. But now I know it’s prob not, the lil guy creeped me out I little, anyway thanks again
He was a Woodlouse Hunting Spider as Nod said. There is only one species of them in the US. They aren’t medically dangerous to people. The worst that happens is one gets trapped under a person in bed. That’s super painful for the spider and it will open its fangs like a longhorn bull’s horns. It will poke the person trying to get them to move. That results in a grouping of little itchy spots. If you get bitten or stung by any bug, wash the spot, use a topical disinfectant, like hydrogen peroxide, then apply a paste of water… Read more »