Dysdera crocata
(Woodlouse Hunter)

Pools are a great place to find spiders. They try to take the insects that are floating toward the skimmers. This one probably wasn’t made for that. Woodlouse Hunters are drawn to moisture because woodlice pillbugs, sowbugs, etc.) are in moist places. Check out the fangs on your spider, they are long, curved and point toward each other. They overlap at the tips. They’re the cool thing about this species. Their main prey, Woodlice, “pill” into an armored sphere for self defense. These fangs wrap around the sphere and puncture at the isopods’ weak spots, a thin seam in the… Read more »