Slater spider
Dysdera crocata (Koch)
Order: Araneae
Family: Dysderidae
Size range
- Medium–sized spider. Body length about 14 mm
Distribution
- From Europe originally. Worldwide distribution
Life History
- Found in gardens, especially bark gardens, usually near the ground
- Unusual orange–brown coloring
- Eats slaters and maybe other slow moving arthropods
- Web is used only as a retreat
- Painful bite