Family Dysderidae

Long-fanged six-eyed spiders or cell spiders Home <------

Dysdera crocata

Dysdera crocata

Like the Oonopidae, Segestriidae and Scytodidae, they also have six eyes. It is a sinister looking spider with two enormous fangs.
The spiders spent the day under stones, especially stones that are warmed by the sun, in a silken cell in which the female spider lays her eggs. It is an active runner. The Dysdera crocata is a cosmopolitan and usually found around buildings.
She is agressive and will defend herself very quickly. Her bite can be annoying like the prick of a needle.
Dysdera has a prey specialisation in woodlice.


Genus Dysdera

 

Dysdera crocata Dysdera crocata
Dysdera crocata female Dysdera crocata male
Dysdera crocata Dysdera crocata
Dysdera crocata Dysdera sp.
Dysdera crocata  
Dysdera crocata jaws  

Ed Nieuwenhuys, 10 may 2022
1 december 2008, May 17, 2003.