Fantastic! I haven’t seen a Cellar Spider with her hatchlings before. She’s in family Pholcidae. There are details that need to be magnified to tell them apart. Pholcus phalangiodes is the most common in the area. That’s the species you can look up to learn more. I don’t know how long they stay with Mom. They ones that are young and mating age that I’ve seen in my house are bigger than yours and pale. The courting ritual is cute and pretty. They raise their legs, about 6 each, and rhythmically rub each other’s legs in a wave-like pattern. It’s… Read more »
Thank you very much! I will sure be looking them up, it’s the first time I see a mother spider with her babies so it immediately attracted my curiosity
Fantastic! I haven’t seen a Cellar Spider with her hatchlings before. She’s in family Pholcidae. There are details that need to be magnified to tell them apart. Pholcus phalangiodes is the most common in the area. That’s the species you can look up to learn more. I don’t know how long they stay with Mom. They ones that are young and mating age that I’ve seen in my house are bigger than yours and pale. The courting ritual is cute and pretty. They raise their legs, about 6 each, and rhythmically rub each other’s legs in a wave-like pattern. It’s… Read more »
Thank you very much! I will sure be looking them up, it’s the first time I see a mother spider with her babies so it immediately attracted my curiosity