The Cellar Spider is another spider that lives in people’s homes mainly garages, lofts, cellars and sheds. Many people know this spider as the daddy long legs because of its small body and long legs. They are normally around 2-10mm in length and have a leg span of around 50mm in length. Saying so it does have a fierce reputation!
The Cellar Spider eats anything it can get from small insects to woodlice and other Spiders. It has been known to catch and kill Giant House Spiders, Hobo Spiders and the fierce Redback Spider a close relative to the Black widow spider. Unlike most spiders there webs aren’t clean round webs or neat webs in a corner. They build tangled webs that look almost like fluff or old tread hanging from places. Cellar Spiders go on other Spiders webs and mimic the vibrations of the spiders’ prey, when the spider comes close enough the Cellar Spider strikes and kills its prey.
Many people confuse them with their relatives the Harvestman and the Crane fly. The Difference is that the Crane fly has wings and can fly, it is normally larger and it is an insects, it only has six legs. The Difference with the Harvestman is that it does have eight legs but it is not a spider. It does not spin webs and is normally found outside on logs and other places like sheds and fences.
Predators to this spider are birds such as Magpies, Crows and other small birds. They also get eaten by small mammals, but most of all its Cats. Since like the House Spider both live in the same place they normally cross paths quite allot and when they do the Cat is normally the winner unless if it manages to get away, but the chances of that a re slim.
Crane Fly
