Daddy Long Legs
Pholcus phalangioides
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Tucson, Arizona
Hesperia, California
Reseda, California
San Francisco, California
Lake Mary, Florida
Lutz, Florida
Sebring, Florida
Muncie, Indiana
Deridder, Louisiana
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Meridian, Mississippi
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Portland, Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Cleburne, Texas
Liberty Hill, Texas
New Caney, Texas
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It builds a line web indoors in ceilings, under houses and in sheds and sheltered places. It snares flying insects in its web, and immobilises its prey by wrapping them in webbing.
They apparently are harmless to humans.
plantratica
A daddy-longlegs lives out doors...has a very round body,very long legs,looks,as such like a spider,but eats about anything it finds....does not hunt,trap or spin webs...most are brown or tan in color,some are dark red.
they are one of the most gentle and delicate bugs I know of....they may be a species of spider,but they will not bite you....a Crane spider will.
sincerely,Plantratica
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