Baerg, W. Bradley, R. Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. Breene, R. Common Names of Arachnids. Gertsch, W. Herms, W. Medical Entomology. Howell, W. Pearson Education. Isbister, G. Kaston, B. State Geol. Call Now for a Free Quote! Category: Spiders. Habits: Nocturnal hunting spider. Helpful outdoors because they kill woodlice. Can bite humans, but their venom poses no danger. Woodlouse Spider Habitat The woodlouse spider is most commonly found around damp areas close to their food source, woodlice.
Woodlouse Spider Behaviors, Threats, or Dangers Woodlouse spiders in Chicago are reported to mate in spring, with eggs being deposited shortly after. Need help with Woodlouse Spider control? We'll call you! Leave your information below.
Get a Free Quote Today! The woodlouse spider has a flattened body adapted for living under bark and stones where they wait patiently, hunting for food. As their numerous names might suggest, woodlouse spiders hunt woodlice.
When it encounters woodlice, the spider pierces its prey with its large fangs and injects a fast-acting venom. It then wraps the paralysed woodlouse in silk for later consumption. Woodlouse spiders eat woodlice of all sizes; however, they seem able to distinguish between large and small individuals.
Electrophysiological recordings show that they can detect moving but not stationary woodlice. The woodlouse spider is generally found in warm regions, including Australia, Africa and the Americas, where woodlice are common. They are often found under large rocks, logs, or in holes in wood. The chicken was much too big to be puled into the hole — and was found with one leg down the hole and the spider hanging on to that leg. Spiders that chooses to sit outside their burrows or hideaways and wait for some suitable organism to wander past like some tarantulas and wandering spiders , rely on vibrations to tell them what is going on.
Spiders such as Cupennius can hunt just as effectively with their eyes covered, as with them working. However spiders that go out actively looking for prey and hunt it down such as the wolf spiders and particularly the jumping spiders , rely much more heavily on sight. Nearly all spiders use venom to immobilize their prey before feeding. This makes it easy for them to feed on otherwise dangerous animals. Some Crab Spiders will catch Bumble Bees far heavier than themselves.
See Spider Venoms. However, once the prey is caught, it needs to be eaten and spiders practice what is called external digestion. The soft tissues are broken down by these juices and sucked up by the spider.
For spiders, soup is the only thing on the menu. Some spiders, such as tarantulas and many of the orb-web spiders, use the teeth on the basal segment of the chelicerae to mash their prey while they are feeding.
In these cases, all that remains after the spider has finished eating is a small, dark blob of cuticle.
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