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Woodlouse spider

Dysdera crocata

Woodlouse spider

Jeff Hahn, University of Minnesota


Description: 1/2 inch long (not including the legs). Cephalothorax (first body area) is reddish brown and the abdomen is whitish to grayish to tannish.

Where/When: Found generally in and around homes during spring and summer.

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