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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae) » Pholcus
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Unknown Spider - Pholcus
Copyright © 2014 AgentDrex

Unknown Spider - Pholcus
Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, USA
August 14, 2014
Size: Tiny.
When getting close to this spider, it starts to rotate rapidly on its "lines" hung in a pair from the ceiling.
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Contributed by AgentDrex on 14 August, 2014 - 5:16am
Last updated 14 August, 2014 - 10:05am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 14 August, 2014 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Cellar spider
In Minnesota, the likely candidate is one of the Pholcus species, either P. manueli or P. phalangioides. Do you have any additional angles of the spider? A dorsal image or one of the face would help to determine which species.
… Chad Heins, 14 August, 2014 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Alas I do not. It would star
Alas I do not. It would start to rotate so quickly, all I could get was a blur. It would do this for a good five minutes when I was in range for my macro lens. How many other spiders have this reaction when intruded upon?
… AgentDrex, 14 August, 2014 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
That behavior
is typical for a disturbed Pholcus. Normally they chill out after awhile.
… Chad Heins, 14 August, 2014 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so very much!
Thank you so very much!
… AgentDrex, 15 August, 2014 - 4:44am login or register to post comments

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