Found an interesting spider, ID anyone?

Sep 19, 2006

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Nick12007

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Dysdera crocata care

A friend found this and now that I'm looking it up, it seems pretty interesting. Would it be worth keeping and adding to my spider collection? Any info would be great.

 

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Sep 19, 2006

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cacoseraph

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Dysdera sp.
probably crocata

love the fangs on those guys! they use them to eat sowbugs/roly polies/pill bugs/terrestrial isopods.

they can sure do some damage to crix and roaches too

 

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crawldad

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totally agree!

have kept many of them. Amazing to watch them attack!

 

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Definitley D. crocata. That is the only species common in Ithaca and the only one with that coloration.