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Physical Description. Pholcus phalangioides is pale yellow-brown except for a large gray patch in the center of the cephalothorax. The body and legs are almost translucent. These spiders are covered with fine gray hairs. The head is a darker color around the eyes.
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. It is also known as the skull spider, since its cephalothorax is said to resemble a human skull.
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The spider species Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as Long-bodied Cellar Spider, belongs to the genus Pholcus, in the family Pholcidae. Pholcus phalangioides spiders have been sighted 38 times by contributing members.
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]
- Arachnida
- Pholcus, Walckenaer, 1805
Jun 17, 2023 · Introduced species: P. manueli - 4.5-5mm. P. opilionoides - 3-5.5mm. P. phalangioides - 6-10mm. Identification. The endemic (native) species all have a partly divided dark medial mark on the carapace and a grayish-yellow abdomen lacking pattern, although a few are described as having some indistinct internal marks visible through the cuticle.
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. It is also known as the skull spider, since its cephalothorax is said to resemble a human skull.
Description. Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as daddy long-legs spider or long-bodied cellar spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. It is also known as the skull spider, since its cephalothorax resembles a human skull. This is the only spider species described by the Swiss entomologist Johann Kaspar Füssli, who first recorded it in ...