Granddaddy long legs??

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sassyfras Mount Juliet, TN(Zone 6b) Oct 06, 2015

I don't like spiders but if this is a grand daddy I don't want to kill it

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 06, 2015

This appears to be a cellar spider in the family Pholcidae; see http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/34542011 for an example. These sometimes are called 'daddy long-legs,' but that name also has been applied to harvestmen (spider relatives in the order Opiliones) and crane flies. Cellar spiders are completely harmless to humans, and they sometimes prey on other spiders.

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sassyfras Mount Juliet, TN(Zone 6b) Oct 08, 2015

Well good to know. I will just leave it (and it's brethren) alone. Thanks for the response

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