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  2. Pholcidae - Wikipedia

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    Pholcids prey on Tegenaria funnel weaver spiders, and are known to attack and eat redback spiders, huntsman spiders and house spiders. [10] [11] A cellar spider which has captured a house spider, in a domestic setting. The predator spider has noticeably grown in abdomen size during feeding, whilst the prey appears diminished.

  3. Holocnemus pluchei - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. 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 ]

  5. 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 ]

  6. Crossopriza lyoni - Wikipedia

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    They belong to the cellar spider family . [2] They are commonly referred to as tailed daddy longlegs spiders, tailed cellar spiders, or (more rarely) box spiders. C. lyoni and other cellar spiders are also often confused with two other invertebrates - the harvestmen ( order Opiliones ) and the crane flies (family Tipulidae ) - both of which are ...

  7. Holocnemus - Wikipedia

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    As of February 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepts four species, found only in Africa and Europe: [1]. H. caudatus (Dufour, 1820) – Spain, Andorra; H. hispanicus Wiehle, 1933 – Portugal, Spain

  8. Pholcus manueli - Wikipedia

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    Pholcus manueli, known generally as the cellar spider or daddy longlegs, is a species of cellar spider in the family Pholcidae. It is found in Russia, Turkmenistan, China, Korea, Japan, and the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  9. Spider behavior - Wikipedia

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    Prey is captured when insects, other arthropods, or small vertebrates disturb the 'trip' lines the spider lays out around its trapdoor, alerting the spider to a meal within reach. The spider detects the prey by vibrations and, when it comes close enough, leaps out of its burrow to make the capture.