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The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. 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 .
Holocnemus pluchei, commonly known as the marbled cellar spider, is a species of Pholcidae, a family commonly referred to as "cellar spiders" or "daddy long-legs". This species is distributed across the North Pacific region of the United States, as well as in parts of North Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean. [1]
Invasive species in California, the introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within California.. Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).
Pholcus, like Pholcidae in general, have extremely long and thin legs. [3] The genus can be distinguished from other pholcid genera by its large size (body length >4 mm), eight eyes, evenly domed prosoma (lacking a median furrow or pit) and cylindrical opisthosoma (longer than it is high).
PARIS (Reuters) -The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday. U.S ...
That same week, the virus infected an egg laying farm in Cache County, Utah, costing the farmer 1.8 million chickens, while another 839,700 egg-layers were killed in Franklin County in Washington ...
California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae. Thirty species of squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots occur in California. Subfamily Sciurinae (tree squirrels and flying squirrels) Humboldt's flying squirrel, Glaucomys oregonensis. San Bernardino flying squirrel, G. o. californicus (CDFW special concern; endemic)
A highly infectious bird flu that has felled millions of birds globally is in California. Experts worry it could affect our food supply. Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens ...