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Dark brown back with lighter brownish yellow spots. 4 front legs. 2 rear
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- Submitted: May 21, 2022
- Photographed: May 21, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Phoenicia, New York, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Im not an expert, but im not sure is this a spider even. Spiders have 4 pairs of legs, Insect have 3 pairs <- and when I was in school, they teached me that is the most important difference.
Pleas, someone confirm it
@Bartoo You remember it correctly. This is an insect. @Sdt http://www.bugguide.net is a website that identifies all bugs in North America. You can submit the photo there alsofor a better chance of an answer.
I have since learned that it is a Daddy Longlegs.
Thank you for the update! I didn’t know that was a common name for Crane Flies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_longlegs I haven’t been using that common name because it is too commonly used. As the Wikipedia article I added a link for says, it is a name for Cellar Spiders in family Pholcidae, Opilione arachnids, Crane Flies, and two types of plant. Your Crane Fly is really cool, it looks real retro. 🙂