![[Dysdera crocata]. Image: H Krisp / CC BY 3.0](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Dysdera_crocata_H_Krisp__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Dysdera crocata. Image: H Krisp / CC BY 3.0
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Araneae
- Whānau
- Family
- Dysderidae
Te Rahi
- He pūngāwerewere āhua rahi, 14 mm pea te roa o te tinana.
Size range
- Medium–sized spider. Body length about 14 mm
Te Tītaringa
- I takea mai i Ūropi, heoi, kei te ao whānui iāianā.
Distribution
- From Europe originally. Worldwide distribution
Te Huringa Ora
- Kitea ai i te māra, tae atu ki ngā māra kua kapi i te maramara hiako rākau. Kei runga paku ake i te papa.
- He karaka–parauri te tae.
- Kai ai i te pāpapa, tae atu pea ki ētahi atu angawaho pōturi nei te haere.
- Ko tana whare hei wāhi haumaru noa iho mōna.
- Ka mamae tonu tana kakati.
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
![[Dysdera crocata]. Image: H Krisp / CC BY 3.0 Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Dysdera_crocata_H_Krisp__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![[Dysdera crocata] in silken retreats with their prey, Slaters, nearby. Image: Ken- ichi Ueda / CC-BY Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Dysdera_crocata_silen_retreats_-Ken_ichi_Ueda__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)