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Cellar spider

Pholcidae

Photo by BluberryLiLi
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Cellar spider

Comments (3)

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...)
@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.

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