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Cellar Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Photo by Darren Larkin
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Rather large legged spider hiding on the ceiling in my friend's bathroom

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Ashish
Yes Gordon, its household spider.
Gordon Dietzman
This is a cellar spider, a fairly common household spider, probably in the family Phocidea, maybe Pholcus phalangioides, but I'm just guessing. See http://bugguide.net/node/view/9608/bgimage and see what you think.
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PublishedApril 27, 2011

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