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TL DR: I have a female cellar spider that lives next to my bed, with a new egg sac. So do I put her on the patio, where there's cover, a tremendous food supply, and not-too-bad outdoor temps/conditions (I'm in the roughly-Santa Barbara area, so it's been "cold" at night, but it rarely ever gets near freezing)? (It seems like a great habitat, as many cellar spiders have lived there over the years - and I think this one will hold her own, as she is pretty darn big!) Or do I leave her and just pretend I didn't see the soon-to-hatch bebehs, as this is probably happening all throughout my house without my knowledge anyways? Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) are an example of disconnect between public perception, and scientific understanding. I'm a bit less thrilled having a couple/few dozen new babies making their way all over my bedroom (once they leave her care). Despite their long legs, the animals appear remarkably inconspicuous. The cylindrical body of the adult animal is 78 mm long, the legs can grow to about 40 mm. I'm happy to let cellar spiders chill in corners/strategic locations around the house (I'm especially keen when they take out mosquitos and deter ants), and if they show up in inconvenient places (where I'm worried they'll get squished), I move them to a better spot with readily-available food.)īut as of a couple days ago, she now has an egg sac she's carrying around. The long-bodied cellar spider is pale light brown and shows a brownish pattern on the back. (It seems like a good arrangement: she's protected from my clumsy, big ol' human self accidentally squishing her, and eats whatever woodlice and/or problem pests show up. I have a cellar spider that lives behind my nightstand (so about a foot away from my face when I sleep each night), and I'm happy to have her there. If you are dealing with cellar spider problems in your home, contact your local spider exterminators.New to the forum, but have a burning question (tl dr is at the bottom): They continuously add to it, creating large amounts of webbing which becomes a nuisance to remove and an eyesore in homes and commercial buildings. Many species of spiders consume their old web before making a new one, but cellar spiders do not. Cellar spiders are considered nuisance pests, due to the large amounts of webbing they produce. Historically, cellar spiders are not known to bite humans and, therefore, do not pose a health threat. Cellar Spider Behaviors, Threats, or DangersĪlthough cellar spiders do have venom, they aren’t a cause for concern. This long-bodied cellar spider is commonly found in north Germany and France but it has been spotted as far as North America. This long-bodied cellar spider is a type of jumping spider with sideways-facing eyes and hair on its abdomen. The harvestmen belong to the category of arachnids but they are their own species, so they are not spiders. The long-bodied cellar spiders live in dark, damp places like cellars. Male and female cellar spiders may be found in climate-controlled structures year-round. First of all, cellar spiders (or daddy long leg spiders) are a completely different species when compared to daddy longlegs (Opiliones, or harvestmen). Cellar spiders build irregular messy webs and are highly sensitive to vibrations and will close in on an unsuspecting insect rapidly if it happens to wander into its web. Indoors, are often found in damp cellars, basements, crawl spaces, garages, and dark, quiet places. In nature, cellar spiders usually live in the openings of caves, or crevices in cliffs, and other protected places. Cellar spiders are the natural enemy of large house spiders that live in homes, and will also feed on flies, bees, wasps, and even other cellar spiders when food is scarce. These spiders can be seen in corners and ceilings, usually hanging belly-up. Psilochorus generally hides away in dark cellars, often wine cellars, where it spins an open tangle of threads that. Males and females measure no more than 2.5mm. The abdomen is globular and tinted bluish unlike that of Phocus which is tubular and greyish. Some species of cellar spiders are very common in homes, especially in garages, basements, and cellars, hence the common name. It is a tin, long-legged, pale spider with a dark band covering the middle of the thorax. They are sometimes referred to as daddy longlegs spiders, which are quite different and unrelated. Cellar spiders are inconspicuous, harmless, fragile spiders with extremely long, thin legs.