Cellar spider
Harmless to people.
- Lives in
- 24 states
- Size
- 0.25–0.35 in
- Open US records
- 1,603
- Group
- Spider
How to identify it
- Tiny body and extremely long thin legs
- Vibrates fast in its web when disturbed
- Loose, tangled webs in corners and basements
Size: 0.25–0.35 in (body length). Habitat: Inside houses almost everywhere.
Also called daddy longlegs spider.
Where it lives
- Lives here
- Rare records
- Gone
- Not here
When it is out
Look-alikes
- Brown Recluse vs Cellar Spider Brown recluse: medically significant
State by state
| State | Status | Open records | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Lives here | 775 | 25 |
| Illinois | Lives here | 71 | 7 |
| North Carolina | Lives here | 67 | 21 |
| Oregon | Lives here | 66 | 14 |
| Washington | Lives here | 60 | 12 |
| New York | Lives here | 53 | 15 |
| Massachusetts | Lives here | 43 | 8 |
| Pennsylvania | Lives here | 37 | 17 |
| Alabama | Lives here | 32 | 9 |
| Virginia | Lives here | 29 | 12 |
| Maryland | Lives here | 27 | 9 |
| Indiana | Lives here | 25 | 9 |
| Texas | Lives here | 24 | 11 |
| Wisconsin | Lives here | 24 | 7 |
| Minnesota | Lives here | 23 | 10 |
| Ohio | Lives here | 23 | 10 |
| Georgia | Lives here | 22 | 9 |
| Tennessee | Lives here | 18 | 10 |
| Kentucky | Lives here | 16 | 6 |
| Arkansas | Lives here | 15 | 4 |
| Vermont | Lives here | 14 | 6 |
| Maine | Lives here | 13 | 6 |
| Alaska | Lives here | 11 | 4 |
| Missouri | Lives here | 10 | 8 |
| Oklahoma | Rare records | 13 | 2 |
| Michigan | Rare records | 9 | 5 |
| New Jersey | Rare records | 9 | 6 |
| Connecticut | Rare records | 7 | 5 |
| Louisiana | Rare records | 7 | 5 |
| Colorado | Rare records | 6 | 3 |
| Delaware | Rare records | 6 | 2 |
| Iowa | Rare records | 6 | 3 |
| Nebraska | Rare records | 6 | 4 |
| New Hampshire | Rare records | 6 | 1 |
| West Virginia | Rare records | 6 | 2 |
| Kansas | Rare records | 4 | 2 |
| Montana | Rare records | 4 | 1 |
| Utah | Rare records | 4 | 1 |
| South Carolina | Rare records | 3 | 3 |
| South Dakota | Rare records | 3 | 2 |
| Florida | Rare records | 2 | 2 |
| North Dakota | Rare records | 2 | 0 |
| Arizona | Rare records | 1 | 1 |
| Idaho | Rare records | 1 | 1 |
States not listed have no open records and are outside the range.
Questions
Where does the cellar spider live?
In 24 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Rare records also come from Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida and Idaho and other states.
Is the cellar spider dangerous?
Harmless. Harmless to people.
How do you identify a cellar spider?
Tiny body and extremely long thin legs. Vibrates fast in its web when disturbed. Loose, tangled webs in corners and basements.
When is the cellar spider most active?
Most open US records fall in April to August, October.