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Woodlouse Spider
Woodlouse Spider
Dysdera crocata
Arachnida
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
2-3 years
Size
Small
Diet
Carnivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Europe
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Venom
Status
Common

About

This spider lives under rocks and logs where it hunts for woodlice. Its oversized, pincer-like fangs are long enough to pierce through a pillbug's hard armor.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg sac
    A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Dysderidae
Genus
Dysdera
Species
Dysdera crocata