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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae) » Pholcus » Longbodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
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Long-bodied Cellar Spider species unsure - Pholcus phalangioides
Copyright © 2007 Bill Claff

Long-bodied Cellar Spider species unsure - Pholcus phalangioides
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
February 10, 2007
Indoors. I'm thrown by the blue body.
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 27 July, 2007 - 5:28pm
Last updated 2 December, 2013 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Pholcus.
… Chad Heins, 2 December, 2013 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Pholcus. There is a second species in your area, but I have no idea what it looks like.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 27 July, 2007 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
So Pholcus
(obvious) but not phalangioides, some unknown (to you) species?
… Bill Claff, 27 July, 2007 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I think P. manueli and others may be in your area.
There are several other species, some undescribed, but the only one I have seen is phalangioides. Yours is most likely phalangioides, which is the most frequently encountered and widespread species.

This one is an adult male.
Funny, after the previous discussion with your other image, adult male P. phalangioides do utilize webs and capture prey, but I don't remember if they will actually build their own.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 28 July, 2007 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

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