Can anyone tell me what this spider is it came with my crickets!

[Charliemum]

he came with crickets from pets at home can any one tell me what spider he is. He jumps slaps the ground when the crickets came near him and is about 3mm. I would like to keep him but am unsure how to house him as I don't know what he is. Can anyone help please.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Where are you from / where are the crickets from?

 

[DomGom TheFather]

I'd go with a Dram vial with just a thin bit of substrate.
A drop of water every so often.
Feed it fruit flies or something it can manage.
If you can raise it up, you might get an idea of what it is.
Right now, it's just a cute little bean.

 

[Charliemum]

Where are you from / where are the crickets from?

I'm in the UK I got it from pets at home

 

[Edan bandoot]

I'd place my bet on either a grass spider or fishing spider

 

[Charliemum]

Cool thank you I shall look into them

 

[Edan bandoot]

Cool thank you I shall look into them

Good luck, in my personal observations of both of them in the wild, a grass spider will make a funnel web and a fishing spider will act as a wandering spider or construct a shallow burrow.

 

[Matts inverts]

He came with the crickets because he probably wandered in looking for a snack

 

[Matts inverts]

Are you going to keep him if you take him out from the crickets.

 

[Charliemum]

I am keeping him I have already removed him from the crickets and I already have fruit flys etc for my lace weaver so it won't be a problem keeping him I just need a small enough enclosure as he is only 3mm big lol.

 

[Matts inverts]

Do you have like a deli cup. that works for most small spiders.

 

[Charliemum]

I have a little dram thingy that the fruit fly came in. I am totally new to the wonderful world of spiders and am not very prepared vivarium wise

 

[Ian14]

I'd place my bet on either a grass spider or fishing spider

No.
Fishing spiders in the UK are extremely rare!
It's a cricket thief spider, Thanatus vulgaris. Very, very common to find them in cricket boxes. Hence the common name.

 

[Edan bandoot]

that does seem to be it, the only reason i said fishing spider or grass spider was the marking on the carapace, here in canada 95% of our grass/fishing spiders have a carapace like that

edit: heres what it's going to look like as an adult

Cricket thief - dorsal - Thanatus vulgaris

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

you got yourself an american import lol

 

[Ian14]

that does seem to be it, the only reason i said fishing spider or grass spider was the marking on the carapace, here in canada 95% of our grass/fishing spiders have a carapace like that

We only have two fishing spider species. One is only found in a very few ditches in the Norfolk and Cambridgeshire Fens. The other isn't quite so restricted but still only found in a few spots.
T. vulgaris is very common here in the UK. Its non native, but well established. They get bigger than the one shown in this thread but are still fairly small.
When I had one I just left it in the cricket tub.

 

[Edan bandoot]

We only have two fishing spider species. One is only found in a very few ditches in the Norfolk and Cambridgeshire Fens. The other isn't quite so restricted but still only found in a few spots.
T. vulgaris is very common here in the UK. Its non native, but well established. They get bigger than the one shown in this thread but are still fairly small.
When I had one I just left it in the cricket tub.

neat, the dolomodes here in manitoba are so abundant that you might find 20 in one square meter near the water, atleast thats the case around lake manitoba. We also have a fishing spider that is between 5-7 inches that im not sure is described yet, or if its just an oddly large locality of D.tenebrosus.

edit: now that im looking at pictures of D.tenebrosus it doesn't look much like it either

 

[Charliemum]

Thank yous for the replies what ever he is he now has a home next to my house spider n lace weaver lol I poked holes in a playdough tub for him

 

[Charliemum]

I also got a bit of a better pic sorry they aren't brilliant but I only have my phone cam n he is small

 

[Matts inverts]

Perfect home. I never thought to keep a spider in a play dough container.

 

[Charliemum]

thanks i am new to spiders so good to know it'll be OK for him.