Thursday, March 4, 2010


Peaches The Ground Crab Spider
Xysticus species





Here are four fast facts about ground crab spiders:
  • They are not poisonous to humans
  • They aren't normally found in the home and hunt outdoors
It's Buggin' Out On Thursdays!

What kind of bugs have you seen lately?


  1. After you took its picture, did you stomp on it? (Just kidding--I'm sure you carefully and gently took it outside to a safe place).

    It does looks sort of "tickish."

    I'm learning a lot from your bug series. Thanks!

  2. Heck no I didn't stomp her, I took her outside as you predicted. :)

    To get spiders outdoors I put a glass jar over them, slip a piece of paper under the jar and gently nudge the spider onto it. Then I get a magazine or cardboard and slip that under the paper being careful not to injure the spider - after that it's easy to pick up the whole contraption (keeping hold of jar so it doesn't slip) outside where the spider is set FREEeee! :)