Idkewhatnametouse
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- May 17, 2022
- Messages
- 1
I found one of these spiders in my house once and thought they where pretty cool, but then I moved to a more rural area high in the andes mountains of Ecuador and I have found at least 5 of them here, 2 females and like 3 males. The males seem to be about the same size as the females but skinnier. I found one of the females in a big sac under a roof tile when renovating an old house (I would show the images but I can only attach 10 at a time) they seem to be very nocturnal and seem very photosensitive. I have seen alot of empty sacs or sacs with their molts in them in the cracks of the walls of these old mud brick houses. And I have found sacs with these guys inside. I studied their eye pattern from a dead one I found in a plastic bag and they seem to either belong to the Clubionidae Or Cheiracanthiidae family. I first thought they where in the sparrasidae family but the eyes just dont match and they scream sac spider and it also makes sense since well they live in sacs. I can't send more images but they are quite large, about the size of my palm with leg span, I haven't measured them though. They also seem to take a crab pose sometimes which I have noticed in other sac spiders like yellow sacs etc. They tend to have jet black shinyish legs with brown slightly hairy abdomens and black shiny or sometimes a little brownish hairy carapaces, I'm 100% sure the brown coloration comes from the little hairs. Another interesting thing I have noticed is that they seem to always have their spinerets crossed even when walking around, but I havent seen their spinerets when they spin their webs, I have no idea about that, but they seem to always cross them when resting or walking around. I took a couple pics of the eyes of the dead spider but the pics dont really fully capture the pattern since it's hard to see. Now about their bite, my mom was filling in a crevice in a wall and she got bit by one, I saw it crawl out after it bit her, the bite wasn't life threatening or anything thank god, but it did swell up quite a bit and she felt nauseous for a bit after, she also stated that it immediately started burning really bad and the pain went up to her wrist. It has been 2 months since then and her finger still hurts a bit and she describes is as an "arthritis" type pain. To me they look like Clubionidae or Cheiracanthiidae. If anyone has any idea what they are Please tell me since I have been studying them as much as possible for the last 6 months and I havent found anything about them anywhere so if you have info I would greatly appreciate it
They also seem to have a threat pose which I find interesting
Some more
Here are some more pics showibg their eyes and a rough drawing of the eyes aswell
Ok maybe I exaggerated their size but still big

They also seem to have a threat pose which I find interesting




















Some more










Here are some more pics showibg their eyes and a rough drawing of the eyes aswell
Ok maybe I exaggerated their size but still big







Last edited by a moderator: