What spider is this?

[Kerrits]

I was taking a shirt from my closet this morning and heard this drop to the floor.
All the Doom is making it a bit more shiny than it actually is.

What is it? Do I have to burn my house down?

 

[Baxteen]

looks like it could be a sac spider.

/inb4 nope posts

 

[Rickster]

Wow, what camera was used?

 

[Neoprod]

ponder says it's one of the Araneae and you're welcome.

 

[Ninja'd]

 

[Kerrits]

The closest I've found is a yellow sac spider:

http://michiganspiders.blogspot.co.za/2009/10/yellow-sac-spider.html

I used a Canon 6D with the 100mm macro lens. The real star here is the lens though, I took a much scarier looking photo of a rain spider with my 450D and the same lens a couple of years ago. I'll upload it if I can find it.

 

[DanDango]

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+1

 

[BigAl-sa]

From the shape of the thorax, I'd suggest a spitting spider. The fangs are definitely not a sac spider.

 

[skeptic_SA]

That beautiful arachnid spent his entire life assuming you two were roomies. Now he's dead

 

[Kerrits]

That beautiful arachnid spent his entire life assuming you two were roomies. Now he's dead

Yeah... I don't like my roomies borrowing my shirts without asking first.

 

[Kerrits]

From the shape of the thorax, I'd suggest a spitting spider. The fangs are definitely not a sac spider.

Thanks, this looks like the most likely option so far.

Some species exhibit presocial behaviour, in which mature spiders live together and assist the young with food.[4]

Well ****.

They are insectivores and when living indoors, they mostly eat other insects and arthropods, such as moths (Order Lepidoptera), Flies (Order Diptera), other spiders (Order Araneae), and household bugs (Order Heteroptera)

Now I'm torn...

 

[skeptic_SA]

Now I'm torn...

Torn? You've already murdered him. In cold blood no less. RIP Spidey. Lets hope the dad isnt a deadbeat and can raise those little spiderlings all by himself...

 

[Baxteen]

Thanks, this looks like the most likely option so far.

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Well ****.



Now I'm torn...

the only spiders worth killing are the really aggressive AND venomous ones.

if its a chilled one, leave him be. maybe take him outside

 

[Ninja'd]

the only spiders worth killing are the really aggressive AND venomous ones.

"They all look aggressive." - US cop

 

[Kerrits]

the only spiders worth killing are the really aggressive AND venomous ones.

if its a chilled one, leave him be. maybe take him outside

When in doubt....


I pretty much only throw rain spiders out, and some other house spiders if they don't look like they'll hide under my pillow or something while I go fetch some tupperware to catch them in

 

[skeptic_SA]

I pretty much only throw rain spiders out, and some other house spiders if they don't look like they'll hide under my pillow or something while I go fetch some tupperware to catch them in

You eat them? WTF Kerrits?!?!?
#DownWithSenslessSpiderMurders!
#SpiderLivesMatter