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Sac Spider - Cheiracanthium - male
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Sac Spider - Cheiracanthium - Male
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
July 17, 2007
Size: leg span to 15mm
I found this guy wandering around my porch light at night. I don't know if a species ID can be made with these images, but I'm pretty sure it's a "Long-legged Sac Spider", at any rate. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It was pretty big for the ones I usually see...
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 18 July, 2007 - 10:11am

Interesting
shot. The orb web is neat.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 21 July, 2007 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
It was crawling between the wall and a Zy*giel*la web.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 21 July, 2007 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

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