I would think it's a fairly common spider, but I've never seen it in my house before. Can anyone ID?
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Posted Apr 26, 2012, 3:49 PM UTC
Another picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gurum/6962538306/sizes/l/in/photostream/
The magnification distorts how large it is; it's really only about a half inch long.
It's a woodlouse hunter, Dysdera species. They are recognizable by the color (front half reddish, back half greyish), the way their chelicerae stick forward (porrect), and the way their eyes are all in a tight clump. Need a location for species-level ID - if N. America then Dysdera crocata.
Yup, Toronto, Canada! Thanks!
Funny coloration on this one - maybe freshly molted?
I was wondering about that, too. Found other examples, though.
Aren't they usually much more red-mahogany colored in the front half?