Small unknown spider in my crickets

[sym]

hi guys/girls.
So I've came home tonight and decided to feed my T's and I've found a freshly moulted spider/tarantula in my box of crickets..

It's really small and I have no idea what it is..

 

[Josh]

Probably a spider but I'm no expert. Has the box been at your house for a while or was it shipped in from elsewhere?

 

[sym]

It came from a pet store here in the uk. Not sure if bred in this country ..
I bought my crickets 2 days ago..
Sym

 

[sym]

Thanatus vulgaris

 

[sym]

Known as a running crab spider . Judging by the markings on the abdomen we have a female ...

Sym

 

[Fuzzball79]

I seem to get them all the time. They're quite fast and usually run away as soon as I open the cricket tubs.

 

[sym]

I didn't know what is was.. My first concern was it poisonous . At least I know now but best be on the Safe side.

Sym

 

[tcrave]

the top picture looks male to me due to the size of the pedipalps . is that the same one in the second pic?

 

[sym]

@tcrave . Hi the first pic is the 1 I've found. The second picture is off the internet after googling the name..

Sym

 

[Tongue Flicker]

I didn't know what is was.. My first concern was it poisonous . At least I know now but best be on the Safe side.

Sym

All spiders with the exception of a couple of species range from venom of no concern to highly venomous but not poisonous

 

[sym]

So my little crab spider has moulted again. It's eaten and has grown abit.

 

[Fuzzball79]

I ordered 2 tubs of crickets from an online food supplier and in one of the boxes are about 5 of those spiders of all different sizes.

 

[sym]

Hi fuzzball79.. I didn't know what to do with it so I've kept it as 1 of my own lol
How big do they get?

Sym

 

[Fuzzball79]

I haven't got a clue, sorry. I just usually release them or they escape when I open the tubs. The ones I found yesterday were ranging from biggest about the size of a fingernail LS to smallest about a 2nd instar brown cricket.