Gray Sac Spider? - Cheiracanthium mildei

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… Carol Davis, 5 July, 2009 - 6:11pm

Cheiracanthium mildei

Hi, Carol-

I had a translation project to finish up first (the paying work on my desk), but finally was able to unpack the microscope this evening. I took some photos of your specimen right after unpacking and was already fairly certain that it was a Cheiracanthium species, as the first leg pair was extremely long. Here is one of the photos (feel free to transfer it here if you wish):
http://forum.canadianarachnology.org/viewtopic.php?p=2470#2470

The species (there are two in North America, this one is an invader from the Mediterranean that has established itself here) is Cheiracanthium mildei. Specimen no. for future reference is kmp-5716.

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 July, 2009 - 5:14pm

Thanks, Kevin,

I have noticed two different yellow sac spiders in my yard and house so this clears up that issue. Thanks for all your time and please don't send the spider or any pieces back to me--they're all yours now...
I'll move the images to mildei.

… Carol Davis, 5 July, 2009 - 6:09pm

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Moved from Entelegynes.

… Carol Davis, 1 July, 2009 - 8:14am

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Moved from Spiders.

… Lynette Schimming, 30 June, 2009 - 8:16pm

Cheiracanthium

would be my guess as well.

… Lynette Schimming, 30 June, 2009 - 8:15pm

Thanks, Lynette.

Thanks for your help.

… Carol Davis, 1 July, 2009 - 8:13am

you're welcome

Have you heard back from the person who was trying to ID it for you?

… Lynette Schimming, 1 July, 2009 - 8:38am

Not yet.

He said it would be a couple of weeks before he could get to it.

… Carol Davis, 1 July, 2009 - 12:05pm