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  • In what country? Spider populations are very different country to country
  • Hi! We call it the "Cellar Spider" here in PA. It is also known as the granddaddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider & house spider in other parts of the country. It's scientific name is "Pholcidae". Confusion often arises because the name "daddy longlegs" is also applied to two distantly related arthropod groups: the harvestmen (which are arachnids but not spiders), and crane flies (which are insects). They rapidly vibrate in their web when disturbed. There is a myth that they are poisonous, but this has been proven to be wrong. They rarely bite & the bite is completely harmless.

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