Marbled Cellar Spider

Identification it s the only regional pholcid with a wide black ventral stripe that runs the length of the spider s underside r j.

Marbled cellar spider. Cellar spiders pholcidae marbled cellar spider holocnemus pluchei web. Cellar spiders are usually dull in color and less than 0 5 inches in body length. Adams from bugguide comment here. In fact this picture was taken on my front porch.

Because this species closely resembles the common long bodied cellar spider pholcus phalangioides it is possible that it became established prior to 1974. See the world spider catalog. Adult male long bodied cellar spiders have a body length of about 6 mm. All cellar spiders have oval shaped bodies that range in color from pale yellowish to light brown or gray.

Adult female long bodied cellar spiders have a body length of about 5 16 7 8 mm with front legs about 1 1 15 16 45 50 mm long. Spider with elongated abdomen and long thin legs. The earliest known record in north america comes from sutter county california in 1974. The pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders the family contains over 1 800 pholcids individual species of the family pholcidae including those commonly known as cellar spider daddy long legs spider granddaddy long legs spider carpenter spider daddy long legger vibrating spider long daddy and skull spider the family first described by carl ludwig koch in 1850 is divided into.

Almost always in non heated industrial buildings such as warehouses hangars or garden centres often in corners. An open messy 3d web often with a dome like structure. It is the type species of its genus. The marbled cellar spider is actually native to the mediterranean region of europe.

A female marbled cellar spider holocnemus pluchei closely guards her emerging spiderlings. Species pluchei marbled cellar spider synonyms and other taxonomic changes. Spi0237 male left and female right marbled cellar spiders holocnemus pluchei with. The largest known pholcid species in the world artema atlanta is only 11 mm 0 43 mm long this species was introduced to north america and now inhabits a small area of arizona and california.

The spider species holocnemus pluchei commonly known as marbled cellar spider belongs to the genus holocnemus in the family pholcidae holocnemus pluchei spiders have been sighted 8 times by contributing members. Holocnemus pluchei the marbled cellar spider is a cellar spider species found around the mediterranean introduced elsewhere. List of pholcidae species.