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What is this species of spider that keeps getting shipped along with my crickets?

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Started ordering crickets from a new company, I get at least one of these guys with every shipment. I have no idea what they are- any entomologists out there?
 

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Eek... I just got the heebie jeebies. :)

Spiders are not my favorite.

What local are the crickets coming from? That may help narrow it down for someone.
 
It's definitely not a brown recluse, thankfully. There is no fiddlehead on that thorax. Other than that though, I couldn't tell you what species of spider it is.
 
http://www.spiders.us/articles/identification/

There's a decent guide for starting an identification on a spider. They can be kind of tricky beyond Genus, though.

I'm fairly confident it's a running crab spider (Philodromidae). Specifically a Thanatus vulgaris.

Seems it's a fairly common hitchhiker with cricket orders.
 
I think Shadera is correct. I've gotten those, too, and they are fast movers ! By the way, how do you post pics on here, I have pics of bugs hatching on a leaf in my yard, I'd like to identify. I have a suspicion of what they are, just want to see if an expert can confirm but I don't see the usual " manage attachmants " option when I reply like on the Bearded forum.
 
angie.h said:
I think Shadera is correct. I've gotten those, too, and they are fast movers ! By the way, how do you post pics on here, I have pics of bugs hatching on a leaf in my yard, I'd like to identify. I have a suspicion of what they are, just want to see if an expert can confirm but I don't see the usual " manage attachmants " option when I reply like on the Bearded forum.
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angie.h said:
By the way, how do you post pics on here, I have pics of bugs hatching on a leaf in my yard, I'd like to identify. I have a suspicion of what they are, just want to see if an expert can confirm but I don't see the usual " manage attachmants " option when I reply like on the Bearded forum.
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The Manage Attachments option is there if you use the Post Reply button. If you use the Quick Reply box, you will have to click on Go Advanced in order to access that function.
 
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