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Cellar spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Photo by Hannah Davis
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Gravid female cellar spider, also known as the skull spider. If you look closely, you can even see the short, evenly-spaced hairs on her legs.

The last photo shows her one day before, before her belly started to swell with developing eggs.

Habitat:

Flat in Berlin, Germany

Reference Links:

Pholcus phalangioides

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Comments (2)
Irene Brady
Nice job of photography! These are hard to photograph well.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
International Spider Survey
Mission
Biodiversity in Germany

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PublishedJanuary 30, 2016

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