What spider is that?

Mingus08

Is it getting to be the time of year for spiders in the house?

This one has my wife worried. If it's not native, we'd rather kill it than let it go, it might have come in on some foreign fire logs (rest assured, my xenophobia only goes as far as spiders, and perhaps some other flora and fauna, not people).

Anyone know what it is?

Tzardine

Sweet Jesus. Kill it with fire.

Scary looking guy isnt he. I have no idea what he is sorry.

Desmo

Mingus08 wrote: »

Is it getting to be the time of year for spiders in the house?

This one has my wife worried. If it's not native, we'd rather kill it than let it go, it might have come in on some foreign fire logs (rest assured, my xenophobia only goes as far as spiders, and perhaps some other flora and fauna, not people).

Anyone know what it is?

I am rusty but it looks like Dysdera crocata which is native and 100% harmless.
If it isn't that species, it is still almost guaranteed to be native and harmless; even it if is not native it is still almost guaranteed ...etc.

elfy4eva

here's the wiki for the above mentioned spider, looks like a winner to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider

Mingus08

Many thanks folks, that's him alright. s/he gets to walk free!

recedite

Very interesting, I didn't know we had a spider that hunts woodlice, exclusively. That explains the big jaws, and hanging around the logs.