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Sapien
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Sapien asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 9 years ago

Help identifying this canadian spider?

I will let it go outside, but I'm rather curious to know what kind it is first. Pale yellow in colour, black dot on bottom of abdomen, with a very bulbous sac. I live in Toronto.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/169...

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/457...

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  • John R
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    Looks like it's one of the longlegged sac spiders; presumably Cheiracanthium inclusum (aka Yellow Sac Spider). Very common in houses, eats a lot of annoying household peskies. Supposedly can give a nasty bite, but in recent years that seems to have been disproven.

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