Pholcidae
(Cellar Spiders)

The spider family Pholcidae, commonly known as Cellar Spiders, have been sighted 163 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pholcidae includes 16 countries and 37 states in the United States. Pholcidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae

Common Name (AAS)

Cellar Spiders or Daddy Longlegs

Other Common Names

Granddaddy Longlegs, Vibrating Spiders

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1850

Sightings Overview

There have been 163 confirmed sightings of Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 12, 2025 by Spider ID member navyrigger. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 163 sightings because of certain Pholcidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Pholcidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 163)
Sex: 15 female and 26 male.
Environment: Pholcidae has been sighted 34 times outdoors, and 136 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (25). Low foliage (3). High foliage (1). Ground layer (2). Under rock or debris (1). Desert area (2).

Location and Range

Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mali, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Pholcidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin.