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Can I remove part of the web a daddy long legs has woven without harming them? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bec@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This spider has taken residence in a corner of one of the rooms, I'm not bothered by them but the web is getting a bit too big... can I just remove part of it to keep the size in check without causing harm to the spider?

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[–] bec@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That doesn't look like my friend at all lol

This one here looks very much similar to my friend (thin and long body): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae

No idea why there's multiple animals called all the same way though

[–] cupcake_of_DOOM@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cellar spiders/ daddy long legs have become catch-all terms for any spider or pseudo spider with tiny body and long legs. Anyway, webs get disturbed all the time in nature. The spider just rebuilds. As long as you don's bump in to them, they will just repair the web. If the web needs repair too often, then the spider will move elsewhere.

[–] bec@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see, kinda lazy nomenclature, but I guess with all the different kinds of spiders, at some point you run out of names ahah thanks for the info! I hope they stay because they've been eating good, and I appreciate the reduced amount of insects

[–] GlowingLantern@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

In German, cellar spiders are called “Große Zitterspinne” (Great Trembling Spider), due to its defensive mechanism. There’s a whole family of Zitterspinnen. Crane flies are called “Schnake” (no direct translation, large mosquito). There are regional variations, however, where both are also referred to as daddy long legs.