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House Spider N/W AZ
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House Spider N/W AZ
Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
June 11, 2008
These spiders appear all around our home.
Contributed by MCBugGuy on 11 June, 2008 - 11:39am
Last updated 24 June, 2008 - 2:11pm

How do I get rid of them
I have a small house and these spiders are in almost every corner of my house,and behind bookshelves and dressers, I vaccume up the webs and spiders atleast once a week, and they keep coming back! How do I keep them out
… Jen~N.C., 13 October, 2008 - 3:02pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2008 - 2:11pm

Looks like one of the
Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9608/bgpage
I have Pholcus phalangioides (Long-bodied Cellar Spider) all arond my house, but that may not be the same as yours. Not dangerous (almost no spiders are) and they help keep the pest bugs down.
… John R. Maxwell, 11 June, 2008 - 1:31pm

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