Giant daddy long-legs

Fact Box Species: Artema atlanta (QM) (or a very similar species, perhaps including Pholcus phalangioides) Family: Pholcidae Body length: female: 10 mm male: 9.5 mm Habitat: This cosmopolitan species is often found in houses and on man-made objects that carry it across national boundaries; it is a pantropical species now found in many countries Toxicity: Uncertain; probably only able to cause local inflammation and very mild illness

Immature male Female from above Underneath female

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Pholcus phalangioides.