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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)
Photo#762856
first of the season
Copyright © 2013 A.D.Levine

first of the season
goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
April 23, 2013
Size: apx 2mm body
found in web along side of heat register in bathroom
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Contributed by A.D.Levine on 23 April, 2013 - 1:58pm
Last updated 24 April, 2013 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. When you get a chance can you see if you can get the dorsal as well? Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 24 April, 2013 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

a harmless
...cellar spider, Family Pholcidae
… wolfpacksved, 23 April, 2013 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
It's probably the same species as in this shot


That spider is probably Pholcus phalangioides - Longbodied Cellar Spider.

Do you have a dorsal view for this one? Was it really 2 mm? That doesn't seem right.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 April, 2013 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
sorry that the subject wouldn
sorry that the subject wouldn't emerge to allow additional views. Size was at most 3-4mm.
it was quite small.
… A.D.Levine, 24 April, 2013 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

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