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Dysdera verneaui
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- Submitted: Sep 26, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 25, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 40273
At first I could not find any spiders that even remotely matched this spiders morphological traits. It had very unique coloration with a black thorax, a grayish abdomen that had dimples/indentation (four indentations equidistant from each other) on it, as well as the red legs that were very distinctly segmented. I also noticed the chelicerae were very prominent. We found the spider sitting on the desk in our office and managed to catch it in a glass jar with no harm done to the spider. Having the spider alive in the jar allowed for a more convenient setting for further… Read more »
Hi. What I see here, looks more like a ground sac spider, maybe broad faced sac spider.
Dysdera is only one species in north America, Dysdera crocata.
Perhaps compare to Trachelas tranquillus:
https://spiderid.com/spider/trachelidae/trachelas/tranquillus/
In any event, a harmless spider.
In my younger days, I would catch and keep spiders to identify and read about. 50 years and over a thousand spiders ago.
With many spiders, colors or even patterns are so variant, they are a poor feature for identification.
Location and range can play a part, if his were in Orange county Ca. I would suggest Trachelas pacificus.
Wow you’re right! I’m glad you replied because this was really bugging me. Thank you!
You are quite welcome.