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small green spider - Cheiracanthium
Copyright © 2005 Robin McLeod

small green spider - Cheiracanthium
Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
September 23, 2005
Size: about 4 mm
on garage wall at night
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 October, 2005 - 11:17pm
Last updated 31 December, 2005 - 12:13pm

Mark on the abdomen is the same
as described in Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, page 258-9, for Cheiracanthium. "This spider is relatively pale in color with the cephalothorax and abdomen varying from pale beige to yellow and often with a tinge of green. A distinctive and darker colored lance-shaped cardiac mark is seen on the dorsal midline of the anterior abdomen."
… john and jane balaban, 31 December, 2005 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

 
Cheiracanthium
Thanks for tracking this one down. The description of the lance-shaped mark is a good match, as are the photos you linked to in the October message (which I hadn't read until now - must have accidentally bypassed it). I think it's the left front leg that is missing.
… Robin McLeod, 31 December, 2005 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Same as
Bill's but as yet unidentified. Or what about James'
… john and jane balaban, 25 October, 2005 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

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