Cheiracanthium punctorium
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One of the few spiders in Turkey able to pierce human skin. The bite is clearly more painful than a bee sting, with burning, swelling and redness lasting days, sometimes with muscle ache and fever. Not fatal. Avoid running bare hands through tall grass.
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Pale yellow-green body contrasting with dark red-brown, oversized chelicerae
Closed sac-shaped silk nest at the tips of grass and cereal stems
The first pair of legs is markedly longer than the others
