Woodlouse spider

Woodlouse spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Dysdera
Species:
D. crocata
Binomial name
Dysdera crocata
Synonyms
  • D. interrita
  • D. gracilis
  • D. rubicunda
  • D. wollastoni
  • D. maurusia
  • D. balearica
  • D. coerulescens
  • D. crocata
  • D. australiensis
  • D. sternalis
  • D. cretica
  • D. menozzii
  • D. palmensis
  • D. inaequuscapillata

The woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata) is a species of spider that preys primarily upon woodlice. Other common names refer to variations on the common name of its prey, including woodlouse hunter, sowbug hunter, sowbug killer, pillbug hunter and slater spider.