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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 ]
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]
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs.As of July 2024, over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, [1] [2] [3] although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. [4]
With so many kinds of eight-legged bugs running around (nearly 3,000 species in North America alone!), the most common house spiders are bound to pop up in your abode from time to time. And with ...
This is a list of all species that have been found in Texas, United States of America, as of July 17, 2006. It is taken from the Catalogue of Texas Spiders by D. Allen Dean, which was started in 1940. The list contains 980 species in 52 families.
A Texas Redheaded Centipede is spotted at Lake Arrowhead State Park . The venomous Texas redheaded centipede can grow up to a half-foot in length — and it's bite can be very painful. Tarantula hawk
Joro spiders have venom like all spiders, but they aren't deadly or even medically relevant to humans, Nelsen said. At worst, a Joro bite might itch or cause an allergic reaction. But the shy ...
Pholcus is a genus of spiders of long-bodied cellar spider and allies in the family Pholcidae, with 375 described species as of January 2023. [ 1 ] It includes the cellar spider P. phalangioides , often called the "daddy longlegs". [ 2 ]