#cellar spider

[xanaxfarts]

Cellar spiders consumed by engyodontium aranearum

a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae. It parasitizes the long bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides). It causes 100% mortality in infected spiders.

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

Flashbanged a daddy longlegs in the bathroom!

[onenicebugperday]

Entomopathogenic fungus (Engyodontium aranearum) infected spiders

Engyodontium aranearum is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae. It parasitizes the long bodied cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides. It causes 100% mortality in infected spiders.

Photo 1 by bugzone, 2 by garrett_brown, 3 by laurahuckleberry, 4 by lois_rancilhac, 5 by emilvus, 6 by komille277, and 7 (for scale) by samdeakin

[plantdogbug]

Long-bodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) ©Kayla P.

[saritazoo]

A new Animal Fictions vs Animal Facts, just in time for Halloween!

Did you hear this myth growing up? Which type of animal was your “daddy longlegs”?

[herpsandbirds]

Hey, can you help me ID these spiders? I find them a lot in my room and don’t know if I should remove them.

Location is Germany and it’s fairly cold these days

thank you!

Spider ID – Germany:

Hello, yes, this appears to be one of the cellar spiders, most likely its long-bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides), family Pholcidae. This species is found across much of North America, Europe, and Asia. 

[look-at-a-speck-on-the-ground]

such a pretty cellar spider mama! her eggs look like fish eggs. looks like she's not a first time mama either, look at all the itty bitty shed exoskeletons in the web around her!

[degenerateshinji]

fic drops on wednesday heres some spiders in the meantime