Pholcidae
The Pholcidae is a family of spiders.
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| File:Pholcus.nagasakiensis.female.-.takinawa.jpg | |
| Female Pholcus nagasakiensis | |
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| Family: | Pholcidae
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Genera
These are genera accepted by the World spider catalog.[1]
Behavior
File:Crossopriza lyoni Video.ogv
Cellar spider vibrating rapidly in response to a threat
The spiders of this family vibrate to become invisible to the threat.[2]
Pholcidae Media
- Cellar Spider preying upon house spider.jpg
A cellar spider which has captured a house spider, in a domestic setting. The predator spider has noticeably grown in abdomen size during feeding, whilst the prey appears diminished.
- Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber and Gavish-Regev, 2017 1.jpg
ארטמה נפילית
- Two Crossopriza lyoni egg bundle magnified.jpg
Two Crossopriza lyoni. The bottom one is male. The female is clutching her egg bundle (magnified).
A marbled cellar spider (Holocnemus pluchei) carrying prey.
- Smeringopus.pallidus.female.with.eggsac.-.takinawa.jpg
Smeringopus pallidus female with egg sac.
- Spermophora senoculata pedipalps.jpg
Male shortbodied cellar spider (Spermophora senoculata) from the United States
- Uthina atrigularis 7193.jpg
References
- ↑ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ↑ "Vibrating / Cellar Spiders - North American Insects & spiders". Retrieved 2025-08-12.