Pholcus
Large jitter spider ( Pholcus phalangioides )
The genus belongs to the family of the jitter Pholcus spiders and comprises 125 species.
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Features
They are 4 to 15 mm in size ( body such as the family ). Within the genus may, inter alia, Color, size and the drawing of the abdomen serve as a designated feature. The animals are perennial and are up to 3 years old. Their posture can give conclusions on the type.
Occurrence and habitat
The genus Pholcus is distributed mainly in warmer climates. Artenreich they are in China, in Central and Southeast Asia, Asia Minor, still represented in Australia, Africa, America. In Switzerland, in Austria and in Germany the cosmopolitan, cave-dwelling spider Large Aspen ( P. phalangioides ) and the rarer, mainly in the field of the Holarctic (missing in euozeanischen areas ) live Pholcus opilionides is widespread. Synanthropic they feel very comfortable in human dwellings.
Way of life
They build diffuse, glueless space networks in which they lurk at night with the ventral side up on prey. The wool of these ecribellaten spinning is strongly adhesive alone due to their physical structure. Your fishing wool is extremely stretchable and adapted to warmer or more humid climates also.