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The family contains more than 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and angel spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850, [1] is divided into 94 genera. [2]
Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as the cosmopolitan cellar spider, long-bodied cellar spider, or one of various types called a daddy long-legs spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. This is the only spider species described by the Swiss entomologist Johann Kaspar Füssli , who first recorded it in 1775. [ 1 ]
English speakers may colloquially refer to species of Opiliones as "daddy longlegs" or "granddaddy longlegs", but this name is also used for two other distantly related groups of arthropods, the crane flies of the superfamily Tipuloidea, and the cellar spiders of the family Pholcidae, (commonly referred to as "daddy long-leg spiders") most ...
A daddy long-legs has the most potent venom of all spiders, but it is unable to pierce human skin. Busted A daddy long-legs was able to bite through the skin of Adam's arm. He reported nothing more than a very mild, short-lived burning sensation. Analysis of the venom proves it does not approach the potency of the black widow spider.
The Bloodhound Gang is an American punk-rock band from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. [2] Formed in 1992 by rappers Jimmy Pop and Michael "Daddy Long Legs" Bowe (now in Wolfpac), the band is known for its crude lyrics that are full of sexual innuendos. [3]
Daddy Long Legs (2006) was designed by Mel Katz and installed along the Portland Transit Mall at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Stark in downtown Portland. Laser cutting was completed by BBC Steel in Canby, masking was executed by Aztec Sign and Graphics, and painting was done by Dura Industries, both based in Portland ...
Daddy-Long-Legs, a play by Jean Webster, adapted from her novel Daddy-Long-Legs, a silent comedy-drama starring Mary Pickford; Daddy Long Legs, a musical starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter; Daddy Long Legs, a Dutch romantic comedy; Daddy Long Legs, a musical starring Fred Astaire
They are commonly known as tailed cellar spiders, tailed daddy longlegs spiders, and sometimes box spiders. They all possess extremely long fragile legs that can reach up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and a body length of that ranges from 2.5 to 7 mm (0.098 to 0.276 in).