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Uh, a few minutes ago, I noticed this spider. He--or she--I'm not sure which, had a pill
bug clamped around its leg. And uh, I watched it for a little while, and then I saw it run
across the ground over here. And uh, I caught it for a few seconds because I wanted to be
sure my ID was correct and indeed it was. It looks like, this spider is Dysdera crocata,
which is known as the Pill bug Spider, or the Pill bug Hunter, or the Woodlouse Eater—several
different names. But anyway—this spider is very, very, cool. And probably one of my
earliest memories with spiders. It has a very, very interesting diet—it eats all pill bugs.
And it's got these huge pincers actually. I'm not sure if I'll be able to show you.
Maybe I will. Here, let me see if I can... use my paracord here to elicit a response—nope!
That was not the right response. Ah, here we go, here we go. Here we go. Can you see
that? I have no idea if you can see this I'm using a GoPro at night so you probably can't
see it. But if this does turn out well you'll be able to see these huge jaws. "Chelicerae"
I believe they're called, Chelicerae. And they're basically the fangs of the spider.
These ones are huge because they need to pierce the pill bug's outer shell. So, yeah. It's
an interesting find.
Yeah, that's an interesting find. I'm glad that I've been able to share this with you
all. I think I'll let this one go. It looks like it's a little bit anxious. So, that's
Dysdera crocata, eats all Woodlice, and that's all it eats. And it's got this striking red
and almost a tan—that's another thing I remember from my youth—it always had this
really interesting look to me, red and tan together, it's a very striking color. So...
I think I'll include some information in the description and I'll let this one go. Thanks
a lot for watching the video, and if you want more information I'll certainly be able to
answer any questions that you have. It's one of my favorite spiders.