Woodlouse Spider

dysdera crocata

The Woodlouse Spider is a small, brown spider that loves to hunt for its favorite food, woodlice! It has long legs and a big appetite, making it a great little predator in your garden.

Lebensraum: They live in moist places like under stones, logs, and leaf litter.

Aussehen

The Woodlouse Spider has a distinctive reddish-brown body and legs, contrasting with a smooth, cream-colored abdomen. Its most striking feature is its disproportionately large, forward-pointing dark red fangs, making it visually distinct from other common house spiders.

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Woodlouse Spider

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Their fangs are so long, they are visible from the front!

Their favorite snack, woodlice, inspired their unique name!

These spiders don't spin webs to catch prey; they hunt actively!

Unlike most spiders, they only have six eyes, not eight!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Woodlouse Spiders can deliver a strong bite because of their huge, powerful fangs, that helps them pierce hard-shelled prey.

Woodlouse Spiders have excellent low-light vision that helps them hunt actively and effectively in the dark.

Woodlouse Spiders can spin a silk retreat because of their silk glands, that helps them hide safely during the day.

Maße und Details

Length Mm: 10 mm
Weight G: 0.1 g
Lifespan Years: 1 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

A specialized hunter of invertebrates, primarily preying on hard-shelled woodlice.

Hauptnahrung

woodlice
isopods
other small invertebrates

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common rough woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Their primary food source with a tough exoskeleton.

hunts

Common woodlouse

Oniscus asellus

Another common woodlouse species they actively pursue.

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Ground-feeding birds sometimes prey on these spiders.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Graben

Grabende Tiere heben Tunnel und Kammern im Erdboden aus und nutzen diese unterirdischen Strukturen als Unterschlupf, zur Jagd oder zur Fortpflanzung.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.