GoodCritters: Daddy Long Legs Spider

These delicate spiders get an automatic entry into the GoodCritters club :).

They munch on the munchers (BadCritters) and keep to themselves otherwise. Legend has it they can’t bite humans.

Species:

Pholcus phalangioides

Identification:

20170810 daddy spider

Benefits:

These little guys munch on other insects such as mosquitoes, other spiders and slaters (woodlice).

Encouragement:

As usual keep insecticides and pesticides to a minimum. After that just ignore them and let them do their thing.

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