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Sac Spider? - Cheiracanthium
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Sac Spider? - Cheiracanthium
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
October 28, 2009
The nearest guess I could make matching the distinctive spinnerets and eye pattern, otherwise, I have no clue, whatsoever. Coloring is somewhat distinctive as well, with the patches of blue which are *not* artifacts of the imaging.

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Contributed by Jon Hart on 1 November, 2009 - 12:16am
Last updated 2 November, 2009 - 9:37am

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… Lynette Schimming, 2 November, 2009 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

Cheiracanthium sp.
It's likely a Cheiracanthium, one of the longlegged sac spiders of the Miturgidae family. I don't know much about it, but some of these have a bite that's thought to be medically significant. I believe on the genus page there's a link to some info about whether it's true or not. There's only the two species here in the US I think. They are both wide-spread, so I'm not sure which one yours is. Happy Halloween! :)
… Mandy Howe, 1 November, 2009 - 1:07am login or register to post comments

 
I read the paper cited
in the link and I agree that there is too little in the way of *confirmed* bites to be at all conclusive. One of the authors was Sean Bush, whom you may recall had a TV show based in his emergency room dealing mostly with snake bites. Thanks for the ID, Mandy.
… Jon Hart, 1 November, 2009 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

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