Cheiracanthium mildei
(Long-legged Sac Spider)

Picture ID 8722

Comments & ID Thoughts

I found this poor critter in my cup of apple cider scrambling frantically. Any guesses? I know little about identifying spiders so I tried googling “white body” and it doesn’t look like there are many spiders with all-white bodies... though you can see a line that may/may not be on the inside so it could just be an egg sac (even though I didn’t think it looked spherical enough compared to the other egg sac pictures, and more like a regularly shaped abdomen?).

P.S. I hope I didn’t take a blind sip, not realizing he/she was in there!

Submitted by:
itlikesapplecider
Submitted: Apr 5, 2018
Photographed: Apr 6, 2018
Spider: Cheiracanthium mildei (Long-legged Sac Spider)
Location: Ohio, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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April 5, 2018 11:51 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like a Long-legged Sac Spider, Cheiracanthium mildei.

ItLikesAppleCider

Photo Owner

April 6, 2018 12:16 am

Thank you very much for the prompt reply! I guess I just wasn’t sure because its torso looks quite brown compared to its very white abdomen, and most of the pictures of the sac spiders looked all white (or at least mono colored) except for the head/legs?

Also, do they like apple cider? 😛