Cellar Spider Facts: aka Daddy Long Legs Facts 🕷️ Animal Fact Files

The cellar spider is also known as the daddy long legs. It shares this common name with at least two other animals: the harvestmen and the crane fly. Learn more cellar spider facts with today's episode. We've discussed other daddy long legs facts on Animal Fact Files, as well!

Harvestmen (Order: Opiliones): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVbPU9VA1uU
Crane Fly (Family: Tipulidae): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RF6iyrwAeU

Scientific Name: Family - Pholcidae
Range: worldwide (except Antartica)
Habitat: caves, crevices, human-made shelters like garages, attics, and cellars
Size: average 0.25 inches (6mm) in body length; legs may be up to twenty times as long as body
Diet: other spiders like black widows and wolf spiders as well as insects like ants and crane flies
Threats: birds and other spiders (including each other!)
Lifespan: 3 years

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Cellar Spider DADDY LONG LEGS 0:00
Cellar Spider DANGEROUS 0:21
Cellar Spider DIET 2:01
Cellar Spider HABITAT 2:19
Cellar Spider SIZE 2:40
Cellar Spider VIBRATING SPIDER 3:00
Cellar Spider LIFE CYCLE 3:11
Thanks / Outro 3:33
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Image and Video Credits:
osseous - https://flickr.com/photos/osseous/31160143776
alvaroreguly - https://flickr.com/photos/alvaroreguly/17123743676
Paul VanDerWerf - https://flickr.com/photos/pavdw/23747597212
Karen Ihrig - https://vimeo.com/24245479 ; https://vimeo.com/40965774
Ala's Najjar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUMnHlkP2E
Deadlyhappen - https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Zitterspin
Auseineranderenzeit - https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Cassandra_
antdude - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v40Hu6YdB-g ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJGiQ__ijs
Chris Muncy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRNY4SnQYA
Dave Hood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqn4tuSpXMc
Goosh Poo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-_KamsDmQ
Birds Butterflies Nature BNHS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbviNK-UziM ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed12fZIDM5w
HerbertBoland - https://freesound.org/people/H....erbertBoland/sounds/
zuditaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLRFlhqL4i8
stanze - https://flickr.com/photos/stanzebla/28392439545

Research Credits:
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-na....ture/field-guide/cel
https://entomology.ucr.edu/new....s/2022/01/14/are-dad
https://www.thoughtco.com/cell....ar-spiders-overview-
http://www.tolweb.org/Pholcidae
https://bugguide.net/node/view/9608
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....topics/agricultural-
https://spiders.ucr.edu/daddy-long-legs
https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/cellar-spiders

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