Daddy Long-legs Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) – These have been regular tenants in my sheds and garage (they are evicted from the house on sight) for as long as I remember. I think they are one of the strangest of spiders around. If you disturb them in their web they go crazy and shake and wobble all over the place. Double-click image if you really wanna get closer.
© Peter Hillman ♦ 3rd May 2020 ♦ Garden shed, South Staffordshire ♦ Nikon D7200
You may find my ‘Page of Life‘ of interest, which allows easy access to all species of flora and fauna featured on this site, and might be considered a useful reference.
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Great one!
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Thank you!
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I enjoy your description of the way these spiders move when disturbed – we get them here too (or similar – we call them Daddy-Long-Legs).
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I’ll keep my distance, thank you!
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Excellent focus on the ‘head’ (cephalothorax)!
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Thank you, Indira!
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Excellent photo, Pete.
I’ve just taken a very quick look at your link. Will definitely go back to it at a more leisurely pace before too long.
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Thank you very much, Belinda 🙂 Page of Life and the journey through helps me order things here, too 🙂
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Yup, they are frequent here too and go by that name sometimes, but a more common name is cellar spiders. They are generally not only tolerated indoors here, but often encouraged, as they are great at catching the mosquitoes that come in through open windows (for some reason, many New Zealanders have not adopted the convenience of insect-proof screens, to our frequent bewilderment). I’ve constructed custom screens for all of our opening windows.
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These spiders seem to have travelled the globe.
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Oh my goodness it looks like she has eyelashes! What great detail you were able to capture.
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Thank you, Sandra 🙂 She never minds having her pic taken 🙂
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I see a shadowy human face on its abdomen! Eek! 🙂
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I never spotted the face until you pointed it out, Eliza, and now I can see it! 🙂
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Wow!! I have never thought of spiders as beautiful but this one is really a very special one. It even looks like it has long eyelashes and the color of this spider is fantastic. An amazing image!!
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Thank you very much, Anita! 🙂 I am pleased you liked it so and that you are so positive 🙂
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I get a kick out of them doing the whirling dervish thing when they get a bit rattled. Nice shot, Pete.
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Thank you, Steve. Yes, they will just hang around happilly ever after unless you get too close to one, and then they are off!
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Great shot, Pete. We used to have lots of these spiders indoors when we were young and I could never sleep if there was a spider in the bedroom despite my parents insisting they were harmless.
I’m not a fan of the company of spiders at the best of times.
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Thank you 🙂 I don’t like them in the house, and they are potted and let outside. This is one that commonly enters houses here.
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I don’t actually mind sharing my home with these, they are practically invisible and don’t chase you out of the room waving their palps at you. They do go into a mad spin though.
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I found one dangling above my bed the other day … and though it probably would never happen, I didn’t fancy it dropping down on my face in the night! 🙂
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Hmm, I ‘d draw the line at that too.
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How I wish I could evict them from the house!
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Yes, they always find a way back in!
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Is it a “she”? She looks marvellous! What a beauty and the tights she put on, wow 😉 You made a very sympathetic shot here!
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Thank you 🙂 I will only know if it is a she when she is clutching the eggs. I like the tights thing 🙂
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*giggle*
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🙂
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