Jun 092012
 

While taking our dog to the basement for a bath last night, my wife encountered a stairwell full of her next-to-least favourite1 arthropod — cellar spiders (Pholcus phalangioides).

Cellar Spider - Pholcus phalangioides

Cellar Spider - Pholcus phalangioides

By the looks of that egg sac, our laundry room will be well protected for the foreseeable future, much to my wife’s chagrin!

 

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1- RenĂ©e’s least favourite arthropod being the house centipede of course.

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  1. I like to poke at these guys then watch them wobble.

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