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Phlocus phalangiodes

This is another candidate for the name 'Daddy long legs'. Unlike the harvestman, this is a true spider with two distinct parts to its body - a carapace carrying the legs and an abdomen.

 

These spiders are usually found inside houses - hence their common name of cellar spider - but this one has set up home inside the lid of our garden compost bin.

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Uploaded on September 18, 2017
Taken on September 16, 2017