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Found in my cricket tank when I went to go clean it out. I don't think its a recluse based off the abdomen however I have no clue what it could be. Thank you.
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- Submitted: Feb 17, 2025
- Photographed: Feb 17, 2025
- Spider: Thanatus vulgaris (Running Crab Spider)
- Location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Jan 19, 2018
Jan 18, 2018
LONDON, 
It is missing one if it’s legs btw
This is a harmless little crab spider called the cricket thief spider…https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/232476-Thanatus-vulgaris
I think they are native to the US…but I know they turn up in cricket shipments World wide.
They are very committed to living up to their names.
thank you so much! i was leaning towards some sort of crab spider but wasn’t able to find one with a similar pattern :0
Cool! It appears to be only the third photo we’ve received of one. One photo below was scientifically and professionally identied. Rick West is a top expert on spiders. He kindly donated some of his photos to our gallery for reference.