need spider ID

[zeromus]

I bought a box of locusts for my bearded dragon and came face to face with an unfamiliar spider in the box. I can't get any pix as I don't have access to a pc (using my iPod for Internet). Because it came from my box of locusts, I can't really say if its a UK spider.

Its got a leg span of around an inch to inch and half. Its brown in colour with pale markings on both body and abdomen. Its body is large and round, pale markings around the edge. There appears to be a little orange colour close to the abdomen with a dark spot in the middle. The abdomen is slightly darker than the body with what looks like a jagged oval pattern starting at the body with pale outline and even darker inside the oval. The abdomen is relatively thin.

My description probably ain't great, I apologise. I know it def is not a common house spider as the body is too round and large. It kind of looks like a minatire hunting spider. I don't know how big their offspring are when young.

[No.9 Spider]

I used to frequently find these in cricket supplies, and have identified them as well, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was and where my preserved specimen is I don't know .
So sorry can't help at the minute, though if my memory serves me right they are a native UK species. Possibly a Thanatus species, have a look on Google.


No.9 Spider

[No.9 Spider]

I knew I'd seen an earlier post
I've been routing thru' some old specimens and have an answer! I used to occasionally find the odd spider in tubs of crickets I bought. I identified them as Thanatus arenarius, one of the Philodomidae family.



No.9 Spider