A common spider Australia wide. Abundant in gardens and nearby bushland in eastern Australia, possibly spready by humans. Pale fawn, sometimes with a reddish brown line extending halfway down the abdomen, sometimes with a uniformly pale abdomen. No fovea or pit running lengthways in the centre of the carapace. Nocturnal, spends the days in a silken retreat usually made with a live leaf. Egg sac of white silk about 9mm x 6mm. Eggs around .75mm in diameter, glutinous, globular. ♀ 10mm ♂ 8mm
- Female on branch
- Female with epigyne Myall Park Botanic Garden
- Female Mount Lyndhurst Station SA
- Female West side Lake Samsonvale QLD
- Male Myall Park Botanic Garden
- Male Myall Park Botanic Garden with palps
Female on branch
![Cheiracanthium mordax](../_dbase_upl/Cheir-mor-31-01-2009-P108033131-01-09.jpg)
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Female with epigyne Myall Park Botanic Garden
![Cheiracanthium mordax](../_dbase_upl/cheir-mod-epiP1020517MPBG22-1-12.jpg)
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Female Mount Lyndhurst Station SA
![Cheiracanthium mordax](../_dbase_upl/cheir-mord-f-Mt-lyndhurstGJA-6180-IMG_5731.jpg)
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Female West side Lake Samsonvale QLD
![Cheiracanthium mordax](../_dbase_upl/Cheir-mord-Lake-Samson-GJA-4413_MG_1726.jpg)
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Male Myall Park Botanic Garden
![Cheiracanthium mordax](../_dbase_upl/cheir-mordP1020603MPBG22-1-12.jpg)
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Male Myall Park Botanic Garden with palps
![Cheiracanthium mordax](../_dbase_upl/cheir-mordP1020792MPBG22-1-12.jpg)
Robert Whyte