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  2. Pholcidae - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Pholcus phalangioides - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  4. Pholcus - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. The 10 Most Common House Spiders to Look Out For, According ...

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    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 ...

  6. Opiliones - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Crossopriza lyoni - Wikipedia

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    Because of the relative shortness of the male pedipalps in comparison to the sheer length of the legs of both males and females of the species, the spiders have to bring their bodies close together, giving the impression of 'snuggling'. [14] This lasts for about 40 minutes. In rare instances, females may eat the males after copulation. [13]

  8. Smeringopus pallidus - Wikipedia

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    Smeringopus pallidus, known as the pale daddy-long-leg, [1] is a species of spider of the genus Smeringopus, family Pholcidae. It is a cosmopolitan species found in many countries. It is a cosmopolitan species found in many countries.

  9. Telemidae - Wikipedia

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    Telemidae, also known as long-legged cave spiders, is a family of small haplogyne spiders. Most are cave dwelling spiders with six eyes, though some do not have any eyes at all. There are about 104 described species in sixteen genera. [1]