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Woodlouse spider dead-1

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Dysdera crocata female found drowned during my summer holidays last year at the swimming pool of the urbanization I was in. It was a rather large specimen; and to me it looked even a bit larger than the standard size of this spider.
The common name of this spider, “woodlouse spider” simply comes from the fact that she specialized on hunting woodlouses: her extra-long and robust fangs (hard enough so as to go through human skin) are designed not to go through the woodlouse´s shields, but rather to be “inserted” between the shields, where the flesh is at an easier reach.
Image size
3264x2448px 3.87 MB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
uD800,S800
Shutter Speed
1/320 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
64
Date Taken
Aug 10, 2009, 7:07:16 PM
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HotRod-302's avatar
I'm no spider scholar, but here in the US I see a spider much like this. I had one gnawing on my foot when I was working on my Koi pond. Didn't do much damage so I never considered them a threat. (Thus I didn't intentionally kill them.)