Daddy long-legs

Fact Box Species: Crossopriza lyoni (QM) or a related species Note: Pholcid species are only reliably identified by viewing the female epigynum Family: Pholcidae Body length: female: 7 mm male: 6 mm Habitat: In a loose web in caves, sheds and under wooden bridges Toxicity: Uncertain; may be too small to cause human illness and the chelicerae on which the fangs are mounted are fused at their bases so the fangs cannot open very wide

Closer view Side view Underneath female

This spider resembles other daddy long-legs species but its abdomen is almost square when viewed from the side and has a sharp peak at the rear.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Pholcus phalangioides and Physocyclus globosis.