Green fang spider needs an ID...Poss Dysdera spp?

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Ok, so i need an identification on a spider i had to collect today for the RSPCA...
Any1 able to enlighten me to what it is?...
It looks like a woodlouse spider (Dysdera) I only know of Dysdera crocata tho, and that is brown..
This spider has a beautiful, irridescent green glow on its chelicerae and is very aggressive.
It was found i a gap betweeen two houses in Wiltshire about 10ft up the wall i the cracks of brickwork.
Its not very good at climbing, unable to keep a sure hold on the takeaway carton it was kept in.
Ay clues would be great!

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[Gigas]

Size? reminds me of a sort of funnel web spider i received in a large cork bark order...

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I got an id a while ago, segestria florentina.. an introduced species, that i guess, must have become established from Bristol for the local population, around 40-50miles away as thats the nearest port with a confirmed population of them.
many many thanks to R Gallon for ID.
It does have that appearance, but its not a mygalomorph. heh aggressive enough though!

>>EDIT<< size is about 2 towards 3 inch.. the owner of the house said there is 1 much bigger! il have to grab that at some point too, hehe

[Gigas]

are you keeping her? what kind of webbing is she doing?

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well, at the moment, it hasnt made any webbing, i intend to fix it up with a 'wall' style back to its tank.. giving it ample nooks and crannies to hide, and web up... but at the house, the webbing is thick, and forms a tube into the wall... it trails a few triplines stemming from the hole and its front 6 legs are all facing forward slightly.... ofcourse that all it lets you see, until night. they all come out and 'chill' on the wall.. they wern't too usettled by the light, which i found unexpected.

I went again last night, and found what appears to be a male.. i can't find my 'new' camera atm either, haha.
The male doesnt appear to have the green sheen on the chelicerae like the female in the pics above

Il post some as soon as i find it
Cheers,
Cam

[Gigas]

lol maybe you can get a little breeding program up n running, but i wouldnt introduce them till youve let her make a tunnel. om sure shes one of th thing i got in my cork bark, do you know where they come from?

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Heh, breeding project?... no need!... they so abundat on the wall, approx 20 on the 2 conjoined houses, i read something about them being from the mediterranean. i havent got a clue for sure, as its quite vague as to where they originated.
they have been know in UK for about 100yrs, but port cities and such.
Iv yet to take the plunge into theraphosid breeding, i just feel i got too little experience, so although different, it would be good to have a try anyway with out endangering any of my T's.

>>EDIT<< follow this link (if it works) for a image of the web, its pretty cool! http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P2/P2203.HTM

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Here it is, and here the pics are

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I had to add this, as its 1 of the better pics.
Cheers

[Gigas]

He's deffinately a male alright! put the guy in the ring with tyson loking at those gloves. im sure these are what i found, but the spider was 1cm in length not inches. is it easy for you to round these guys up?

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Yeh, it should beeasy enough, there was a fair amount... shouldn't be a problem.
The owners kept talking about THE big one... il have to get a ladder for that 1.. they recon its huge.. much bigger than both of the 1s iv got. sounds fun!

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Blimey, that's a bit of a mean looking spider

[mambo]

Hi, just found this thread. They're a species called Segestria florentina, they belong to a group called haplogynes which include Dysderidae, Oonopidae, etc. You found out they're aggressive then! Females cause a reaction with their bite so I wouldn't recommend handling them. They make good pets though and are easy to breed. They're one of the UK's largest species although originally they're from southern Europe. Our native Species is Segestria senoculata - small and not aggressive. I can't think if the rarer S. bavarica (also black with different markings and black chelicerae) is definitely native or not, that's intermediate in size between S. florentina and S. senoculata. Hope this helps!