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Help identify a spider??

  • 01-07-2013 11:44am
    #1
    murph101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    I need help identifying a spider I found in my shed please? Pics aren't great though!! It has a small head a big white round abdomen and very long legs! It was eating another spider when I found it!


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  • #2
    Ulmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Ulmus


    Long-bodied cellar spider? With egg sac - the white blob?


  • #3
    murph101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭murph101


    Ulmus wrote: »
    Long-bodied cellar spider? With egg sac - the white blob?

    Cool thanks!


  • #4
    mikka631
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭mikka631


    Its not a Harvestman. (Correction from Desmo)


  • #5
    Desmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Desmo


    mikka631 wrote: »
    Its a Harvestman.

    Not a harvestman. It is a real spider. Pholcus phalangioides/celler spider as suggested by ulmus.


  • #6
    mikka631
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭mikka631


    Desmo wrote: »
    Not a harvestman. It is a real spider. Pholcus phalangioides/celler spider as suggested by ulmus.

    So it is, couldnt see the body/head seperation.


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  • #7
    murph101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭murph101


    Was just checking out that spider again the thing I thought was an egg sac is actually it's abdomen I put it in a container that I keep other insects in spider's beetles etc and it has killed nearly everything in it! It even killed a huge house spider that was two or three times the size of it! It's crazy right now it's sucking the life out of a ladybug!! I don't think it's a long bodied cellar spider it's abdomen is big and round kinda like a widow spider but it's legs are long and thin like a cellar spider ah I don't no!! It's cool though!


  • #8
    onemorechance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    murph101 wrote: »
    Was just checking out that spider again the thing I thought was an egg sac is actually it's abdomen I put it in a container that I keep other insects in spider's beetles etc and it has killed nearly everything in it! It even killed a huge house spider that was two or three times the size of it! It's crazy right now it's sucking the life out of a ladybug!!

    :eek:

    :cool:


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    murph101 wrote: »
    Was just checking out that spider again the thing I thought was an egg sac is actually it's abdomen I put it in a container that I keep other insects in spider's beetles etc and it has killed nearly everything in it! It even killed a huge house spider that was two or three times the size of it! It's crazy right now it's sucking the life out of a ladybug!! I don't think it's a long bodied cellar spider it's abdomen is big and round kinda like a widow spider but it's legs are long and thin like a cellar spider ah I don't no!! It's cool though!

    Firstly I take it you are in Ireland so cut out the "ladybug", it's a ladybird. Next, what kind of idiot puts animals together in a jar and let's them eat each other?


  • #10
    murph101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭murph101


    This kind of idiot!


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