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Reduction of outdoor lighting or changing white light bulbs to yellow will help to attract fewer night-flying insects and thus reduce the spider populations. Reduction of other insects in and around a home will reduce the food available to the spiders, and removal of debris and lumber piles will help to reduce harborage sites. Sweeping is not likely to kill the spiders, but pyrethroid insecticides provide excellent knockdown and control. Sweeping of webs to remove them is an important step in cellar spider control, as these spiders do not reuse their own silk, and the webs continue to accumulate. There may be either 6 or 8 eyes, depending on the species, and the outer 3 eyes on either side of the head are arranged in a close triangle. No other similar reddish spider with large fangs occurs in the bosque. The color is a yellowish brown and the legs may be as long as 2 inches. abdomen pale tan, fangs long and projecting forward body length 8-12 mm. The female creates an egg mass of about a dozen eggs, and holds it in her jaws until the eggs hatch.Ĭellar spiders are easily identified by their extraordinarily long and thin legs, which are attached to their elongate and thin body. These spiders have been known to feed on black widow spiders. They hang upside down on their webs, and when disturbed they will begin to shake and bounce the web noticeably, or they may drop off the web and run to hide. Their long legs make them very clumsy when attempting to walk. Webs typically appear under the eaves of roofs, around porch lights, within garages, and indoors around windows where the light may draw small insects that the spiders feed on. Their primary crime is the messiness of their webs, which are thin and flimsy but tend to gather dust and floating debris, as well as the remains of the insects the spiders have fed on. The cellar spiders are incapable of biting humans and are harmless to us and our pets.
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However, the true Daddy Long-legs is another animal entirely, called the Harvestman. The cellar spiders are often called “Daddy Long-legs” due to their very long, thin legs. Adult male short-bodied cellar spiders have a body length of about 1/16” (1.6 mm) with front legs about 3/8” (9.5 mm) long.Several dozen species of Pholcids are native to North America, with the three species listed above the most common to be found in and on structures. Adult female short-bodied cellar spiders have a body length of about 1/16” (2 mm) with front legs about 5/16” (8.5 mm) long. On the other hand, short-bodied cellar spiders have much shorter bodies as their name implies. As such, the “daddy longlegs” nickname also applies to harvestmen, but, by contrast, these arachnids have oval bodies that are more reddish in color compared to cellar spiders.
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Long-bodied cellar spiders are also similar in appearance to harvestmen-which are arachnids, but technically not spiders-given their equally noticeable, lengthier legs. Along with this, daddy long legs do not produce webs, so if you’re seeing them in and around webs you’re. Cellar spiders have long peanut shaped bodies, while daddy long legs typically have much rounder and fatter bodies. Adult male long-bodied cellar spiders have a body length of about ¼” (6 mm). When trying to identify if you’re dealing with a cellar spider or a daddy long leg, you should focus on the body. They have a cylindrical abdomen that is about three times longer than it is wide.Īdult female long-bodied cellar spiders have a body length of about ¼-5/16” (7-8 mm) with front legs about 1 ¾-1 15/16” (45-50 mm) long. Cellar spiders also have eight eyes that are arranged into two widely-spaced lateral groups of three each and two eyes in between. However, theirs are very elongated and thin compared to other spiders. Like all arachnids, cellar spiders have eight legs. All cellar spiders have oval-shaped bodies that range in color from pale yellowish to light brown or gray.