Long Legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp.)

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A Long Legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp.) I found in my basement. A lot less menacing than it looks, probably only 3/4 of an inch including legs. These are very very common spiders in the house, no doubt you have a few around too. This is a male, you can tell by the large black furry palps. You can see a photo of a female here. The male seems to have much longer legs and a wider carapace.

Several reports classify these spiders as possibly harmful, but real study shows their bites are not poisonous or necrotic to humans.

Raynox DCR-150 mounted on my Panasonic Lumix FZ8. I used a simple styrafoam bowl as a flash diffuser for the lighting. Worked out very well if you ask me.

Long Legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp.)

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I found this guy on my bedroom ceiling. A lot less menacing than it looks, probably only 3/8 of an inch including legs.

Several reports classify these spiders as possibly harmful, but real study shows their bites are not poisonous or necrotic to humans.

Raynox DCR-150 and Raynox DCR-250 stacked and mounted on my Panasonic Lumix FZ8. I used a simple paper plate as a flash diffuser for the lighting. Worked out very well if you ask me.

Leaf Curling Sac Spider (Clubiona sp.)

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Not much is known about these guys. Actually this is a female. I could only narrow it down to a genus level because my favorite identification site is woefully lacking in this family, and no other site on the intarwebs knows anything about them.

I found this spider in very long grass. It had curled one of the grass blades over and made a home for itself. Given that this genus is called the Leaf Curling Sac Spiders, I thought the name and behavior fit quite well. There are at least 3 species that look almost exactly like this one, so I guess it'd take an expert to identify it to species level. You can't see it from this angle, but it has a furry grey mottled abdomen.

Even without much information I was impressed by the very large black chelicerae and extra large fangs. Really a great spider to shoot in my little studio. As always it was released unharmed.

Raynox DCR-150 and Raynox DCR-250 stacked and mounted on my Panasonic Lumix FZ8.