Animal Fact Files's video: Cellar Spider Facts: aka Daddy Long Legs Facts Animal Fact Files

The cellar spider is also known as the daddy long legs. It shares this common name with at least two other animals: the harvestmen and the crane fly. Learn more cellar spider facts with today's episode. We've discussed other daddy long legs facts on Animal Fact Files, as well! Harvestmen (Order: Opiliones): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVbPU9VA1uU Crane Fly (Family: Tipulidae): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RF6iyrwAeU Scientific Name: Family - Pholcidae Range: worldwide (except Antartica) Habitat: caves, crevices, human-made shelters like garages, attics, and cellars Size: average 0.25 inches (6mm) in body length; legs may be up to twenty times as long as body Diet: other spiders like black widows and wolf spiders as well as insects like ants and crane flies Threats: birds and other spiders (including each other!) Lifespan: 3 years ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles 📚 Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Cellar Spider DADDY LONG LEGS 0:00 Cellar Spider DANGEROUS 0:21 Cellar Spider DIET 2:01 Cellar Spider HABITAT 2:19 Cellar Spider SIZE 2:40 Cellar Spider VIBRATING SPIDER 3:00 Cellar Spider LIFE CYCLE 3:11 Thanks / Outro 3:33 --- Image and Video Credits: osseous - https://flickr.com/photos/osseous/31160143776 alvaroreguly - https://flickr.com/photos/alvaroreguly/17123743676 Paul VanDerWerf - https://flickr.com/photos/pavdw/23747597212 Karen Ihrig - https://vimeo.com/24245479 ; https://vimeo.com/40965774 Ala's Najjar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUMnHlkP2E Deadlyhappen - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zitterspinnenverteidigung.ogv Auseineranderenzeit - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cassandra_mit_der_dritten_Fliege.webm antdude - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v40Hu6YdB-g ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJGiQ__ijs Chris Muncy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRNY4SnQYA Dave Hood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqn4tuSpXMc Goosh Poo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-_KamsDmQ Birds Butterflies Nature BNHS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbviNK-UziM ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed12fZIDM5w HerbertBoland - https://freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/28239 zuditaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLRFlhqL4i8 stanze - https://flickr.com/photos/stanzebla/28392439545 Research Credits: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/cellar-spiders https://entomology.ucr.edu/news/2022/01/14/are-daddy-longlegs-really-most-venomous-spiders-world https://www.thoughtco.com/cellar-spiders-overview-1968551 http://www.tolweb.org/Pholcidae https://bugguide.net/node/view/9608 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/pholcidae https://spiders.ucr.edu/daddy-long-legs https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/cellar-spiders