Arachtober 17th

I used my husband's I phone to snap this spider quickly...not being savvy in that department, it seems I somehow also applied a filter! Hopefully, the details are clear enough still.

Thought to have been introduced into Australia from Europe and only occurring in the south-eastern part of the country.

The slater-eating spider gets its name from its preference for woodlice or slaters (Isopoda), which it grasps with its specially elongated chelicerae and fangs.

Female 15 mm

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