Daddy long-legs

Fact Box Species: Pholcus phalangioides (RM) Family: Pholcidae Body length: female: 8 mm male: 7.5 mm Habitat: In a thin, tangled web attached to the ceilings and upper walls of rooms, sheds and caves but also under bridges and in hollows of dead trees Toxicity: Probably too small to cause illness in humans, the suggestion its venom is very toxic to human being a myth

Its web Eyes and palps Female with eggs Male palps

This is an introduced cosmopolitan species. A noteworthy characteristic of this spider is its habit of shaking the web violently when disturbed. The female will often be found holding her eggs in her palps.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Any other pholcid with an elongate abdomen.