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Pholcus phalangioides

Longbodied Cellar Spider

Image of Pholcus phalangioides

This female (left) and male (right) were found in a Madison home.
The female is carrying the eggs in it's mouth.

References

Wikipedia: Pholcus phalangioides

Journal of Economic Entomology: Vol. 97, No. 2, pp. 230–234.
Predation by Cosmopolitan Spiders Upon the Medically Significant Pest Species Loxosceles reclusa (Araneae: Sicariidae): Limited Possibilities for Biological Control
Jamél Sandidgea

The World Spider Catalog, Version 6.5
American Museum of Natural History
by Norman I. Platnick
Edited by Peter Merrett, H. Don Cameron

Nearctic Spiders Database
David Shorthouse

Spiders of North America: an identification manual
Edited by Darrell Ubick, Pierre Paquin, Paula E. Cushing, and Vince Roth

The American Arachnological Society

The International Society of Arachnology

Arachnology Home Page

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