![]() ![]() However, Pholcids are also quite commonly found in warm, dry places, such as household windows and attics. These webs are constructed in dark and damp recesses, in caves, under rocks and loose bark, abandoned mammal burrows in undisturbed areas in buildings and cellars, hence the common name "cellar spiders". They hang inverted in messy, irregular, tangled webs. Pholcids are web-weaving spiders and are distributed worldwide. The shape of the Pholcus and Smeringopus's body resembles that of a peanut shell. This tail is as long as its body, making the spider appear much larger than it actually is. What sets it apart from other cellar spiders is the presence of a long, whip-like tail that extends from the end of its abdomen. It is a long-legged spider with a small body. Pholcids are gray to brown with banding or chevron markings. The Tailed Cellar Spider is scientifically known as Crossopriza long. Spermophora has a small globose abdomen and its eyes are arranged in two groups of three and no median eyes. Eight and six eyes both occur in this family. ![]() Pholcus and Smeringopus have cylindrical abdomens and the eyes are arranged in two lateral groups of three and two smaller median contiguous eyes. ![]() Pholcids are fragile spiders, the body being 2–10 mm in length with legs which may be up to 50 mm long. Confusion often arises because the name "daddy long-legs" is also applied to two distantly related arthropod groups: the harvestman (which are arachnids but not spiders), and crane flies (which are insects). Some species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, are commonly called granddaddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legger, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider. Size: Females are approximately 0.35 inches (9 mm) with 2.7 inches (7cm) leg span, while males are comparatively smaller, around 0.23 inches (6 mm). ![]()
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