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Cellar spider

Pholcidae

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BluberryLiLi
BluberryLiLi 12 years ago
Cellar spider
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Ok BluberryLiLi. Sorry for my confusion that came from the common name, Daddy Longlegs. Wiki - Pholcidae, commonly known as cellar spiders, are a spider family in the suborder Araneomorphae. Some species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, are commonly called granddaddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legger, or vibrating spider. Confusion often arises because the name "daddy long-legs" is also applied to two distantly related arthropod groups: the harvestmen (which are arachnids but not spiders), and crane flies (which are insects). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcida...)

BluberryLiLi
BluberryLiLi 12 years ago

@balincaguinconservancy interesting point. After a little more research I found that this is not a harvestman but a cellar spider which is indeed a true spider. Good looking' out! ;0)

Correct me if I'm wrong but if this is a Daddy Longlegs, then it's in the Order Opiliones, which are not true spiders (Order Araneae) so doesn't belong in the International Spider Survey mission.

BluberryLiLi
Spotted by
BluberryLiLi

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 25, 2012
Submitted on Feb 25, 2012

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