Comments on: Cellar Spider, and Spider Cages

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:29:42 +0000

Nope. Even assuming that a cellar spider like this one did bite you (which is pretty unlikely), their venom is nothing special, you probably woudn't notice it any more than a mosquito bite. And if you mean the other main kind of "grand daddy long legs" (Harvestmen), they don't even have venom.

By: timothy sheppard

timothy sheppard — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:48:20 +0000

are grand daddy long legs posinus or deadly

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:47:35 +0000

Well I just flushed a big one – spider that is. She had a big butt that I assumed was chock-full of babies. I live in a finished basement, so I have to get rid of them. Otherwise they’ll crawl up my nose and sit in my earholes when I sleep.

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:20:42 +0000

Yep, that’s them. It made it a bit hard to drop it into the jar, luckily the jar had a wide enough mouth to catch her.

By: Margaret B

Margaret B — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:23:41 +0000

Are these the guys/gals that are very entertaining when frightened? I once lived in a house with an oddly-shaped-stone wall, and it accumulated spiders. I mentioned them to a teacher (who I’m told is a renowned authority) and he suggested I scare scare them — blow on the web.

They put on quite a show — bouncing the web, moving a lot. Not sure if they wanted to appear larger to their predator, or if they wanted to become invisible.

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:08:11 +0000

Outstanding! I’m not sure I can convince my daughter that these little dudes and dudettes are beneficial, though.

I love the anecdotes you add about overcoming the difficulties photographing these little beasties.