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    Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 3, Views: 31
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    macmanson
    Gold Coast
    Australia

    February 25, 2013 12:31 PM

    Post #9431267

    We think our farmworker in Mpumalanga (North West Province) South Africa has been bitten by this spider. It is dead and lying on its back.

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    themoonhowl

    themoonhowl
    Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

    February 27, 2013 7:37 AM

    Post #9433471

    I am in no way sure, but possibly a species in the Genus Cheiracanthium (the long legged sac spiders) (Family Miturgidae) from what i have read, they are aggressive and various literature states that they make up the majority of spider bite incidences in So Africa. Their bite is rarely fatal, but their venom is a cytotoxin...it causes tissue to become necrotic, like the recluse spider toxin.

    http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/miturg...

    http://www.spiderclub.co.za/articles/dangerousSpiders.html

    http://goafrica.about.com/od/africanwildlife/tp/Africas-Scar...

    This message was edited Feb 27, 2013 9:39 AM edited for links

    This message was edited Feb 27, 2013 9:46 AM
    Flapdoodle
    Minot, ND

    February 27, 2013 9:10 AM

    Post #9433587

    Definitely not in the family Miturgidae; it more likely is an orb weaver - none of these are dangerous to humans.

    themoonhowl

    themoonhowl
    Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

    February 27, 2013 9:24 AM

    Post #9433607

    Well that is good to know...I just couldn't find a pic that came closer in the So African spider sites

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