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Dysdera crocata Group
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Dysdera crocata Group

Dysdera crocata

The woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata) is a species of spider that preys primarily upon woodlice. Other common names refer to variations on the common name of its prey, including woodlouse hunter, sowbug hunter, sowbug killer, pillbug hunter and slater spider.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Woodlouse Spider

speciesDysdera crocata

Dysdera balearica

speciesDysdera balearica

Dysdera maurusia

speciesDysdera maurusia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1454862.