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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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Cellar spider? - Pholcus phalangioides
Copyright © 2017 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Cellar spider? - Pholcus phalangioides
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
October 23, 2017

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 26 October, 2017 - 7:01am
Last updated 26 October, 2017 - 12:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Caudillo, 26 October, 2017 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Male? (see image 3)
I was trying to see how the males are differentiated from looking at the other images. It seems like the palps are larger on the males? In the 3rd image the palps look larger than those on designated females, but this is just guesswork unless someone can confirm!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 26 October, 2017 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

Definitely
Hi Arthur,
This is a cellar spider, Pholcidae. I'd guess Pholcus phalangioides.
Nice find!
… Andrew Caudillo, 26 October, 2017 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

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