Emergency!! Please help!! Can\'t go to bed without answers, terrified!!

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hlklee Sterling Heights, MI Jul 09, 2018

Here is a pic of it alive, and after we killed it. It was SUPER FAST and bright red in person. Please help identify it for us, thank you so much!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 10, 2018

This is a woodlouse spider, also called a woodlouse hunter. As the name implies, it specializes in feeding on the terrestrial crustaceans known variously as woodlice, sowbugs, pillbugs, roly polys, etc. They have very strong jaws to penetrate the tough 'skin' of their prey, and can inflict a painful bite if mishandled. However, they are not aggressive towards humans and their venom is not dangerous to humans. See https://spiderid.com/spider/dysderidae/dysdera/crocata/

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