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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 ]
According to Rick Vetter of the University of California, Riverside, the daddy long-legs spider has never harmed a human, and there is no evidence that they are dangerous to humans. [ 15 ] The legend may result from the fact that the daddy long-legs spider preys upon deadly venomous spiders, such as the redback , and other members of the true ...
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 ...
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]
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 ]
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.
The spider-like arachnids known as Opiliones (also known as "harvestmen" or "daddy-long-legs") are a species often handled by humans. They are the subject of an urban legend which not only claims that harvestmen are venomous, but are in fact more venomous than any other spider though are incapable of biting humans due to their lack of penetration.
Daddy longlegs or daddy long legs may refer to: Life forms. Animals. Opiliones or harvestmen, an order of arachnids; Pholcidae or cellar spiders, a family of spiders;