They may bite if cornered and bothered, which will, at most, only cause a mild burning at the site of the bite. Cellar spiders would much rather run away than bite a human. However, the venom is very weak, often not even fatal to other insects. It has also been proven that their fangs are large enough to bite humans. and like to live in the dark, damp places such as basements, garages, crawl spaces, and cellars.
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These spiders are common throughout the U.S. Adults grow around 0.25 inches in body size with front legs around 1.75 inches. Even if they wanted to envenomate something, they couldn’t.Ĭellar spiders, on the other hand, do have small fangs and carry venom. Sometimes called daddy long legs, the long-bodied cellar spider has long, thin legs relative to their body. They use these to grasp, hold and chew up their prey. It is also known as the skull spider, since its cephalothorax is said to resemble a human skull.
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Instead, they have small structures near their mouths known as chelicerae, resembling tiny claws. Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as the cosmopolitan cellar spider, long-bodied cellar spider or one of various types called a daddy long-legs spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. Harvestmen may get very large if you consider the size of their legs, but they do not have fangs or poison glands. An urban legend has sprouted up for both Harvestmen and Cellar Spiders that they are actually the most poisonous spiders in the world, but their fangs are too small to pierce the skin of a human. This spider is the most common species in homes, as they love warm habitats. When it comes to determining if daddy long legs are poisonous, you must first properly identify the arachnid. The long-bodied cellar spider is in every basement corner.