Long-legged Sac Spider
Male, dorsal
Ellura
Long-legged Sac Spider
Male, palps & chelicera
 
                      
Long-legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp ES02)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Spiders (Araneae)
Family: Sac Spider (Eutichuridae)
Species: Long-legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp ES02)
This Photo:     Male, eye arrangement
Other names: Green Sac Spider, Longlegged Sac Spider or Yellow Sac Spider

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Note the different palps on this one, making it different to ES01.
~5mm long male.
The reason for so many ventral shots here is to show the way the fangs can hinge and move around; used like fingers to some degree.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-Apr-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.