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Found in an area near the suspected brown widow one I had seen in a previous post. Not sure what this one is. It was nearly the size of my hand, so less than 5 or 6 inches approximately.
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- Submitted: Jan 19, 2025
- Photographed: Jan 19, 2025
- Spider: Artema atlanta (Giant Daddy-long-legs Spider)
- Location: Chula Vista., California, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Jan 4, 2018
Jan 3, 2018
Kihei, Maui, 
Giant cellar spider. Known to kill/eat widows.
Genus Artema – BugGuide.Net
Pholcus sp.
Thank you cursag3. This site is run by volunteers. Your help is appreciated. This does look like a Pholcus species, but Artema atlanta is a larger spider than the Pholcus species are. We used the description of the spider and geographic location to choose the identification. We use Bugguide.com for North American species. inaturalist and the World Spider Catalog for the entire World.
Thanks for the amendment, I hurried.