Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda

Arthropoda Class: Arachnida

Arachnida Order: Araneae

Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae

Araneomorphae Family: Pholcidae

Pholcidae Genus: Pholcus

Pholcus Species: Pholcus phalangioides

Common Name (AAS )

Long-bodied Cellar Spider

Other Common Names

Daddy Longlegs, Cellar Spider, Granddaddy Longlegs, Vibrating Spider

Author

Johann Kaspar Füssli, 1775

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Sightings Overview

There have been 61 confirmed sightings of Pholcus phalangioides (Long-bodied Cellar Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 27, 2019 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 61 sightings because of certain Pholcus phalangioides sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 38% of the time, Pholcus phalangioides spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 37)

38% of the time, Pholcus phalangioides spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 37) Sex: 23 female and 10 male.

23 female and 10 male. Environment: Pholcus phalangioides has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 31 times indoors.

Pholcus phalangioides has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 31 times indoors. Outdoors: Man-made structure (6).

Location and Range

Pholcus phalangioides (Long-bodied Cellar Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

Pholcus phalangioides has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, Washington, D.C..

Seasonality

Pholcus phalangioides has been primarily sighted during the month of March.

January: 3

3 February: 8

8 March: 10

10 April: 9

9 May: 7

7 June: 3

3 July: 7

7 August: 2

2 September: 1

1 October: 5

5 November: 2

2 December: 3

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