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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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Tiny, skinny, house spider with long delicate legs - Pholcus phalangioides
Copyright © 2012 David Stroud

Tiny, skinny, house spider with long delicate legs - Pholcus phalangioides
Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
April 14, 2012
Size: tiny with 1.5" leg span
I found this li'l' guy on three separate web sites... all labeled it Daddy Long Legs or Harvester Spider... I know better, but still don't know for sure. It best resembles the Orb Weaver, but I think not. Can you please clarify?
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Contributed by Dave S on 18 April, 2012 - 3:26pm
Last updated 19 April, 2012 - 8:54am

Daddy Long Legs - Cellar Spider
Moved from ID Request. This family of spiders is one that causes some confusion because of its common name. Spiders in this family are often called Daddy-long-legs. This causes confusion because Harvestmen are also often called Daddy-long-legs. To make things worse some people call crane flies daddy-long-legs.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 April, 2012 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders)
I don't know what species.
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