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03-SEP-2005 Lejun

Longbodied Cellar Spider

Copyright © Lewis Scharpf

Pholcus phalangioides
Alabama

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lejun31-Jul-2012 20:17
Long-bodied Cellar Spiders are not poisonous to humans and actually may be useful in that they eat insect pests, house centipedes, and other insects we typically do not like to find in a home. See this reference from Iowa State Universityhttp://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2009/2-4/cellarspider.html
Bamachik 31-Jul-2012 04:21
Hey,I was amazed to see a spider this big in bama ,I guess that,is why it is called a Cellar Spider !!But R they Dangerous?I Hate Spider's& Snakes!!!