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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]
Harvestman eating a skink tail Protolophus sp. cleaning its legs A male Phalangium opilio, showing the long legs and the tarsomeres (the many small segments making up the end of each leg) Mites parasitising a harvestman Gregarious behavior in Opiliones. Many species are omnivorous, eating primarily small insects and all kinds of plant material ...
Daddy longlegs. What they look like: You’re probably pretty familiar with this one, but just in case: It has one round body part and very thin, long legs coming off of it. Where you’ll find ...
The collected specimen had a body length of only about 0.4 inches, but its walking legs measured nearly 1.2 inches long. The new species of sea spiders are “much larger” than other, similar ...
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]
They are also known as "daddy longlegs" in English-speaking countries outside the U.S., [7] not to be confused with the U.S. usages of "daddy long legs" that refer to either arachnids of the order Opiliones or the family Pholcidae. The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets. [7] They are also known as Jenny long legs in ...
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).