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![]() ![]() These spiders are known for bouncing in their webs, creating a blur, making it harder for predators and humans to see them. They are also commonly known as Daddy Long Legs. It hunts other insects and spiders and defends itself from predators by whirling its body around in a circle with its legs attached to the web. The long-bodied cellar spider is sometimes called the 'skull spider' because the part of its body containing its head looks like a human skull. It is a common cellar spider throughout the United States. Long-bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides). Some people believe that long-bodied cellar spiders are the most venomous spiders in the world,but their mouths are not large enough to bite with.However,there is no evidence to support this.This myth probably came from the fact that they do kill venomous spiders,such as the black widow and brown recluse.īecause of this,long-bodied cellar spiders are very useful to have around your house.They can help keep most pests away without causing any harm to people. Long-bodied cellar spiders have long, tubular abdomens and rounded bottoms with a tapered waist. Pholcus phalangioides is found throughout the world. ![]() The long-bodied cellar spider has nothing in common with the nursery web spider(except that they both are arachnids).Nursery web spiders are poisonous and larger than the long-bodied cellar spider. The Daddy-Long Legs is NOT the same type of spider as the Cellar Spider.Daddy-Long Legs refers to two types of spiders:the harvestman (Which is not a spider,because it does not have venom or spin webs.This type is still an arachnid,though.),and the spider (Which is not a long-bodied cellar spider). ![]()
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