Had a cellar spider live above my shower for about six months, neither my brother and I are afraid of spiders so we named them Jeff. Loyal spider, killed hundreds of insects in that bathroom, had a vacation web under the toilet (getting a little too comfortable if you asked me). I grew fond of Jeff over the months and watching him spindle gnats, flies, and other pitiful creatures was a victory celebrated by us both and occasionally sparked conversation in the house, "Did you see the monster Jeff is eating in there? Nearly three times his size!". One fateful evening I arrived home and entered the bathroom seeking a shower only to immediately notice Jeff wasn't in the corner, apon pulling back the curtain there was a gruesome scene, a wolf spider laid against the wall a couple feet below Jeff's web. It didn't take an investigator to solve Jeff's disappearance, especially after closer inspection of the culprit... several long, spindly legs jetting from the perpetrators mouth. Horrible. Stricken with grief and anger I struck the wolf spider down with no remourse and the bathroom belonged to the pitiful insects once again.

I used to kill these spiders if I saw them crawling around. One day I was in my basement and saw one had trapped a rather large wolf spider. The cellar spider was quite large but the wolf spider was much, much bigger. From that day on, I decided to leave them alone as much as I possibly could. I did not want that wolf spider in my home.

I had a personal vendetta against them after I had three of them run over/chill in my bed. But now that I moved into a new place, there's one in the corner of my room, a very well behaved lad that caught several mosquitoes in their web. We have a mutual agreement to share this living space without interfering with each other's lives. So far, neither has broken this agreement.

I let a barn spider live in my room when I was in highschool, he grew from the size of a pinhead to the size of my hand in about a year, they grow so fast. I named Him Bob, he was a good Bob, I fed him house flies, etc. He vanished one day, no idea where he went, maybe he died, or just moved on. This was many years ago so I'm certain in one way or another Bob met his fate, RIP Bob, we had a good year. 😔

I'm from Eastern Europe, and this is the most common house spider. I've been studying most of the spider species in my town since I was a kid, throwing ants into their webs, leaves and all sorts of experiments and have discovered interesting things about different spiders. The cellar spider is the most active indoor spider, they do like to travel around. They usually wait until the room is dark and calm and if they feel any humans close when they are moving they will make a panicky sprint for the closest hole or under the couch. They will sometimes cross over your bed, but if you are not an insomniac like me, you won’t notice. They do the weird shaking when you scare them while in their web. Sometimes a couple of webs will sort of combine into one super web of 3-4-5 spiders and if food is plentiful they are chill, but if not, once a bug gets caught in the web, usually the biggest one will get to it, even if it’s not on his/her web, they will go over to neighboring webs and try to slap the shit out of the other spider for the food.

What I find so interesting about many common house pests like the cellar spider, house centipede, etc is that a majority of them first evolved to live in caves before we were around to build houses for them to live in instead. It’s an interesting thought that perhaps we’re still all cavemen in practice, even the spiders are fooled

I can confirm they do occasionally leave to hunt. I had one in our room, named Giovanni, and he would move to every corner of the house every so often to have a look around. He'd always return to his web then

Thank you for this! These spiders are so helpful catching gnats, flies, fruit fly swarms--one even killed a yellow jacket for me (allergic, so don't want them in my house). They never bother anyone, harmless and do a valuable service. So glad to see them get a little understanding.

"You're not going to be up at night. Wondering where is it? Well probably right where you left it." I love the way you talk about spiders. It's a perfect combination of respect for the animal/facts, and humor.

Funny story: At one point, my wife and I lived in a really crappy place that was absolutely infested with wolf spiders (or something very similar to them, maybe grass spiders). It got to the point that they wouldn't even bother us any more, because we were constantly exposed to them. Still, they could be annoying. Anyhoo, one day I saw one in our bathroom. I noticed a cellar spider had built a web next to the toilet. I sort of "wrangled" the wolf spider to see if it could get caught in the cellar spider's web. It did. And that cellar spider--lightning fast--dropped down and totally nailed the wolf spider, and wrapped it up immediately. I yelled, "No ****ing way!" I gained a ton of respect for cellar spiders on that day. We don't kill spiders in our house. I might evict a yellow sac spider (because their bites are painful), but we let the web builders go. We've never had an insect infestation.

I have mild arachaphobia and these videos calm me down alot. A cellar spider fell on my head when i was outside and ran inside of my chair when I went back inside. I know logically they are harmless they just really freak me out so I used this video to ground me. Thanks so much!

These guys are all throughout England! We currently have 3 living in our bathroom. I own a juvenile tarantula and so now and again, if I notice them getting thin, I give them each a mealworm. A couple times I have had to save them from our cats but other than that, they're chill little buddies to have around!

I have a huge fear of spiders. But I've found your videos to be very easy to handle and they're slowly helping me deal with my phobia. Please keep making them, I really appreciate it.

I live in europe, and I often find cellar spiders dead in my bathroom, I don't know why though. But this has given me the chance to dissect some specimens and analyze them under the microscope, and they are quite fascinating. Despite appearing smooth to the naked eye, they're actually very hairy all over their bodies and legs. Their leg joints up close look extremely well reinforced, almost like modular knee armor, and the extremities of their legs end in a sharp fork-like appendage, slightly resembling a pair of open scissors.

Despite having a level of arachnophobia, these ones are always a lot more pleasant than other spiders, I have never seen them move away from their webs, and they regularly had a lot of pests’ husks below their webs.

These little guys are responsible for my first steps in my journey away from arachnophobia. As a student, I once moved into a house and discovered that five or six lived in the little gap between my kitchen sink and my fridge when I dropped the dish soap down there and came face-to-face with them as I bent down to retrieve it. Terrified, I frantically took to the internet to find out what the hell those things were and if they were extremely venomous. After learning that they were in fact harmless and quite beneficial, I decided to leave them be and soon enough discovered quite a few more living in the other quite secluded corners of my home, now that I knew where to look for them. They were never interested in bothering me and were very happy to mind their own business; probably the best roommates I've ever had, actually. I began to find them quite cute, and through my experiences with them and my research into all the other spiders in my area, I began to appreciate and like all sorts of spiders, rather than treating them with reflexive fear. So thank you, cellar spiders, for helping me to realize that spiders are friends.

These are some of the hardest working house spiders from what I’ve observed. Compared to other common species they seem to do a better job catching tiny flying insects like fungus gnats-maybe because of their 3D web? These spiders should be viewed as friends, especially by anyone with houseplants. It’s interesting that they’re so fragile and easily lose legs, yet they expertly take down dangerous prey like wasps as you mentioned. They’ve clearly evolved a very successful strategy. In California these are what we call “daddy long legs”, and we also call crane flies “mosquito hawks”… in spite of the fact that they not only don’t hunt mosquitoes, but as adults, usually don’t eat at all-just mate and die. Common names probably do more harm than good, honestly. Also, thanks for spreading awareness of invasive species by highlighting H. axyridis.

These were always my favorite spider as a kid because I knew they were not dangerous at all. I spent many hours watching them at work. Thanks for a great video!

I keep these little guys as house spiders :) they're very cute, some of them are quite curious about humans. I've had some walk across the couch or climb down from the ceiling to look at me before going back up. Most spiders are super shy and afraid of humans, so cellar spiders evolving to share dwellings with us must have also made them brave. Like you said, they have that grace to them, and I think it's cool that you can see the little jointed segments on their limbs. I know I'm eccentric so I don't expect anyone to let a bunch of spiders make families in their homes, but these spiderlings are really adorable! Their legs are transparent until their first molt 🥺❤️

The cellar spiders in my house tend to stay in one spot for a while, then move to another spot and stay there for a similar length of time before moving on again. As an experiment, I managed to get a small fly to stay in the web (their webs are horrible, messy things and tossed flies very often bounce back out again) and it was quickly subdued and the spider began to feed. I found another fly and threw that one in too wondering what the reaction would be. I was amazed to see that with the first fly still in its jaws, it quickly attacked the second and wrapped it up too!

I stayed in england for about a month a while ago -- the house I was in was absolutely infested with these guys. Every single corner of the house had two or three spiders, some big, some small. At first, I was really freaked out, and tried to kill as many as I possibly could. They just kept appearing. After learning more about them, I let them live, and even looked at them fondly. If there's ever a spider I want in my house, it's these guys. They're gentle, stay out of your way, and are even kind of cute. After finding out that they were taking care of the various gnats in the house (this place was kinda nasty looking back), the only time I was ever scared of one was at 4am. I got up to piss and walked face-first into a cellar spider dangling from his web, I assume to go hunt or move to another web in the house. It was the worst. I'm bald so I felt him crawl on my head. Nightmarish

These guys are very prevalent here in Australia. Always respected them, though. There are very few spiders I would be comfortable with letting them walk on my skin, but the long legs have managed to be one of them. Plus, when you compare these to the much scarier spiders we get out here, it's always preferred to see a web with one of these compared to anything else.

These spiders can also be found all throughout Australia and are one of the most commonly-encountered species

One day, after years of seeing these spiders occasionally in my basement, I looked them up and learned of their great qualifications in pest control, and ever since then I vouch for every one I find in my basement. I often point them out to guests and tell them how cool they are. I’ve got about five living with me right now, and there are zero bugs in my house thanks to them!👍

I work on aircraft and one of our old Piper Seneca’s has a long body cellar spider living in it. She’s a nice girl who keeps the other spiders out. We found a recluse in her web recently. They’re amazingly efficient.

In the UK these are probably the most common spider I see, followed closely (unfortunately) by the Giant House Spider (which, while also harmless, is big, fast and kinda scary looking.) Still, I let these little guys roam where they see fit, their webs usually have more that a few pest in them. Also, in UK we call the cranefly Daddy Long Legs... we ALSO called the cellar spider Daddy Long Legs too, just to be extra confusing.

I love cellar spiders! They are everywhere at my work and they eat pests, sometimes I pick them up with my hands, or find them crawling on me. They're just little guys, and they make me happy.

man. ive had this on my "watch later" list since it wasnt even a week old and i finally got around to it truly a fantastic case of better late than never, absolutely love how you showcase and explain. these things always kind of weirded me out, always tried to leave them alone so long as they werent trying to make webs in doors or anything... glad i left them alone!!! theyre just little guys, how lovely

I love my cellar spiders, we have so many of them of varying sizes. I love how delicate and spindly they are, like little living pieces of hair. I try my hardest to live in peace with them and not accidentally hurt them, but some of them are practically invisible. I've taught my son to love and appreciate them too. They are so busy, there are highways along my ceiling pretty much everywhere I look in my house lol. Free Halloween decorations!

I lived in a cold house on the east coast of the States and we had a bunch of these guys. They really like warmth and moisture it seems so the bathroom was a favorite spot for them. I had a sac of eggs hatch in my basement right near a light, and they all loved being next to the light because it was so warm. The little ones were a lot more active and really fun to watch.

i'm so glad i just discovered this channel ❤❤❤

This was a really good, informative video and it really changed my perspective on not only these spiders, but potentially other beneficial insects we come across. Thanks.

Just found your channel, I love it! I actually have two cellar spiders in my dorm room. They've been here since I moved in and, for whatever reason, I opted not to kill them. They seem pretty chill, and now they're one of the homies.

I love these dudes. They just hang out in the high corners, build their long zip lines to other corners, and chill. They look cool when they molt. Kinda translucent and golden.

It was such a great video. Nothing fancy, just some down to earth information with some beautiful amateur footage. Thank you!

I LOVE all your videos!

This type of spider awakened several years of arachnophilia for me (so far). My specimen was migrating its egg sac to somewhere else in my daughter's room and we watched those eggs hatch a couple of hours later. I live in South Africa so they're here too. Very common spider. I'm hoping you'll continue posting more videos!

I used to live in a basement apartment for like a decade. The cellar spiders were my little buddies. Now I have a much nicer 5th floor apartment. But I miss my little spideys. I saw one a few months ago and I actually out loud went "heyyyyyy!!!" like I'd run into an old friend. 😄🕷

What a great video! Concise, informative commentary and great footage :)

One of the few spiders that don't fill me with terror at the sight of them. Also we call Craneflies daddy long legs in the UK.

Thanks for going over these Spiders. We had a small army of Box Elder bugs get into our basement, and about a dozen or so MASSIVE basement dwellers mobilized in key positions around the basement and had them taken care of within a week. Love these guys.

I grew up calling cellar spiders daddy longlegs, and crane flies were skeeter eaters. I also grew up with the venom myth. I'm a new viewer and I'm big into science KZfaq, and I appreciate when creators explain things in an easy, conversational way. This channel is a great example of that. Cool video, keep 'em coming!

I’m so glad I found this channel 😅been looking for a videos that focuses on the kinds of arthropods one would find in your house

This was absolutely helpful. Thank you Travis!

I've kept a female Cellar spider as a pet for 3 years now, shes about to be 4 in a couple months! They're beautiful fascinating little guys that have some great dance moves. I'm gonna be sad when she's gone! I really wish more people had respect and understanding for the lil guys

I have these spiders in my shed here in Argentina, they always catch flies or mosquitoes and their dances make me have a good time (although I try not to stress them too much)

I have tons of these in my house. They often dangle down from the ceiling onto my bed when I’m reading. I see them walking across my ceiling, under cabinets, in corners, everywhere. I have to argue about them not biting because they bite me often. I do agree that they take care of a lot of other insects in the house so as long as they stat in their corners I leave them alone. If they dangle onto my bed or even head towards me they get vacuumed up. They are graceful, they appear to dance down their web.

I'm relieved to hear they can grow legs back. I've occasionally had to relocate cellar spiders for their own safety (when they're hanging out in a place with either high foot traffic or water spray; I guess shower rooms must just be good hunting grounds?), and always felt a tinge when I picked one up that had seven or six legs.

I've been an arachnophobe all my life, but I'm quite thankful to live in a state where there are few spiders that are actually dangerous. My grandmother's old house had a cellar, and these guys LOVED it. Every time we opened up the doors outside, there were dozens in view on the doors, stairs, walls, ceilings. They always bothered me as a kid but thankfully I see them as harmless as an adult. Most other species still scare the hell outta me.

Loved this video. Spiders are such complex organisms. Make more videos please. Do one about the spiders babies that eat the mother... talk about sacrificing for ones offsprings!

Because I have had such a fondness for orb weavers and 'house spiders' (the red ones who look just like garden spiders), I've spent a lot of time getting rid of cellar spiders. But in our current apartment, the only spiders who really succeed in the ceiling-realm seem to be the cellar spiders. I didn't want to like them, until a few weeks ago, when one of the screens came loose and a dozen or more insects all congregated around my reading lamp. My cellar spider went to WORK! She was amazing, she was like Tina Turner at her finest! She spun, she danced, she weaved around the dance-floor of my ceiling, catching and fixing each one after another of the insect intruders, until the mini-swarm of dipterids and beetles was frozen in place above the headboard of my bed. I was even more endeared to her ways when she cleaned up after herself. I thought I'd have a corpse's alley above my headboard for weeks, or until I got out the hand-vac and sucked them down. NOPE--she cleaned up after herself. The ceiling was completely emptied of exoskeletal remains within two days. Now the newly christened "Tina" is living across the room, very VERY quietly. I suspect her reign off terror over the invading swarm has filled her to the gills with enough surplus calories to pay for a litter of spoods. If that's how it goes, I'll welcome them to the house this time around. No more vacuuming up the cellar spiders to try to get a garden spider; I'll take the services of these polite homemakers with the Tina Turner moves.

I used to keep them around a shop I worked at. We had some brown recluses and some giant cockroaches and these little guys helped cure the problem. They certainly helped with mosquitoes as well

3:20 They do move around the room, or at least the ones in my home do. Usually just corner to corner or something every now and again. Definitely really good at catching pests so I tend to just leave them be unless their webs get messy, in which case I may or may not decide to clean a bit of it up. Having 1 or 2 or more per room makes a big difference. I've had times where a dozen of those beetles would wander into a single spider's web, and times where I've found dead spiders that I couldn't identify in a given web.

I love these spiders. When I lived in SoCal, every summer my home was inundated with hoards of ants. I tried so many sprays and traps but nothing worked. One summer I was gone for a month and when I came back I expected to see ants taking over. Instead, a dozen cellar spiders had moved in throughout my house and ate all the ants! Little ant carcasses are all that remained. So now, I welcome these little critters. I have lots of little messy webs in corners of my house but I don't care!

Im from Northern Canada and i saw these guys all the time!

these lil dudes took care of a bad ant problem i had in my house back around 2016-2017, and i will always be grateful to them for that. leaving them around for the sake of pest control solved my arachnophobia too, although i'm still hesitant to let any of the larger spiders (like golden orb weavers) touch me.

Here in Germany they are very common. Normally I take them out to the balcony and never spend a thought about keeping them inside during winter times. Makes much more sense and will keep them in my apartment during winter so they don't freeze to death. Thanks for that informative video.

As a once-upon-a-time bio major and reformed arachnophobe, I'm finding your newly discovered channel fascinating! The bays between the joists in the cellar of my late 18th cent. house are festooned with the mummified remains of Phocus (Phoci?). In the warmer months they set up shop above the kitchen and bathroom sinks in order to reap the harvest of drain flies and occasional mosquitos emanating from the antiquated grey-water system. I'm happy to let them go about their business!

Brilliant commentary. Fascinating 👍🏻

Just wanted to say i watched this video about a week ago and tonight may be the first time ive gone out of my way to save one of these little fellers... or any spider for that matter. I've slowly gotten over my fear of spiders as my 20s waned but still never cared for them. Somehow you put them in a new light finally where i can respect them like they deserve, so, thanks!!

You got some amazing shots! I've never seen them in such detail before. I developed a great fondness for these spiders after one incident. Many years ago I had one living in my bathroom. I saw a huge giant house spider crawling towards my bathroom right where the cellar spider lived. I left and came back a couple hours later to find the giant house spider dead right next to the cellar spider. It amazes me that such a tiny little guy could take down something so massive.

I love these spiders just for the dance they do. It's really captivating, especially when they start to slow down and you can see how graceful it really is.

Appreciate all the details here, I've always liked these spiders!

For a while I lived in a cellar apartment where these guys were plentiful. I usually hate spiders but these guys are so small and chill that I could tolerate them, and after noticing that they were praying in other more repulsive spiders and other pests I really started to appreciate them. The only incident we had was when one decided to drop down from the ceiling right in front of my face while I was eating. Got a little nostalgic since I've moved to a spider-free apartment now, wouldn't mind having a few of these guys around again.

I once had a Helmet Spider in my motorcycle helmet...a tiny 'money spider' that would descend upon a web to dangle in front of my face as I rode to work. The most uncanny thing about it was that as I approached the driveway of my job the wee spidey went back up into the lining...I observed this behaviour on three different days! Adorable.

I’ve got loads of these around the house. Usually in top corners of the rooms. They particularly like the bathrooms, probably easier for them to rehydrate when needed. I’ve caught them stringing down from the ceiling to my face a bunch of times. Had me rather alarmed until I realized what they were after! Moisture! I’ve also had one bite the tip of my finger defensively. Didn’t feel the bite or notice any kind of adverse effects at all. They can get quite big~

As someone who grew up in Central New York and lived pretty much exclusively in Older Houses / Mobile Homes (Trailers), I can say they were so common that they were completely unconcerning. I only called them Daddy Longlegs until I learned that it was more appropriate to call Harvestmen (which are also abundant in the North East US) Daddy Longlegs, and after I learned how to tell them apart. NOW, I call Cellar Spiders either "Harmless" or "Jiggle Demons" in a similar vain to my Ancient Mortal Enemy (As an Arachnophobe) The Terrifying "Skitter Demons" That periodically Infest my Home. (Note: I establish VERY CLEAR RULES for Spiders in my home. Stay Away from me, My Computer, and Bed. And you will survive. break that Rule and Death is Certain.) On topic of Cellar Spiders though, I never even remotely believed the crap about them being dangerous to humans, which is why I never made any moves against them, even if they made their home near my bed, i'd always thank them for eating all the annoying flies and bugs they could.

We have always have a few cellar spiders around the house here in the UK. Sometimes also the bigger, bulkier house spiders that scamper across the floor and hide under the furniture. We call crane flies daddy-long-legs here. Harvestmen are just harvestmen.

I was amazed when I saw how small your sub count was but you've absolutely earned one from me! In my unfinished basement at the end of every summer, there will be dozens of these guys hanging dead from the ceiling, seemingly infected by some sort of fungus which causes them to be coated in a white fuzz as though it were covered in snow. Eerily beautiful, and I am always glad to see them around with how many houseplants I have fungus gnats are a constant nuisance. Their startle dance is also quite hilarious! Now off to watch your yellow sac spider video, not nearly as fond of those fellas!

I love those little spiders they eats flies around my house and it's really nice since in france rn there's looots of flies everywhere (at least in the country side). My little brother was scared of spiders but learning about them helped him feel better about his phobia. I'm sure more people can get a bit less scared of spiders with your videos so keep going ❤

These are my favorite house spiders. They know to stay out of the way and keep to their web in the corners of the room, and in return I let them be and they can stay in my warm dry house while they chow down on any pests that they can catch. It's a symbiotic relationship if there ever was one.

I have about 6 in My room! Watched them take out fake lady bugs, invasive stink bugs and any fungus gnat that wanders to high. I get really attached to these spiders because they never pester me. I even have one in my tortoise table and the stay in the top corner. They are sooooo cool! Edit: also when they finish their food they basicly drop them straight down and it's easy to vacume up after a week. Love it!

I love spiders. These aren't my favorites though because of the webs they tend to make in the basement, around boxes, etc. But hey, at least they're doing their job keeping pests out. So I'm happy enough to have them around. Thanks for making this fun video, it was great to learn more about them!

I see groups of these spiders right outside my window in the warmer months all just kinda chillin lol

I love this guys grammar, it’s quite satisfying to see someone speak in such an exquisite way

My old house was full of these guys. In a Vietnamese city house, they are practically the only house spider species around. While it is rare to see them crawling on the wall and ground, I noticed that webs tend to be left abandoned after sometime. Some other time though, the web owner was found dead in its own web and one or two new guys were found living in it.

I've just found this channel, and I really like this! It's informative, entertaining content and made very accessible to anyone. You clearly have a lot of passion for these little guys, and it really shows. I can't wait to see more spider videos from you!

These guys love living in the mechanic shops I've worked in and I'm always seeing them wrapping up flies and other annoying bugs. They're always welcome around me.

❤I've always adored spiders & get along very well with them! Thanks so much for your wonderful wonderful presentations

I used to live in a basement suite and had a huge issue with massive spiders. Walked into my bathroom once at 3am and found one of these badboys had taken down a massive spider (wolf maybe). I let him stay there until i left. He never seemed to leave his spot (must of hunted at night).

Black widows do a dance very similar to this when wrapping prey, really fascinating to see the cellar spider doing the same. I keep black widows in jars to keep them from free roaming the house, and I use the jars as fly catchers or purchase crickets for them in winter months (it's okay because I also keep tarantulas) and the way they take down prey, hold them out at legs' length until the mandible of the prey cannot harm them before biting is such a genius invention of nature. The rapid way they move but with such coordination is also so incredible that they can navigate the mess of a web they make. It's so cool to see how actually similar cellar spiders are to widows.

Their swaying defensive dance alone is resson enough to let em be, I’m glad you mentioned it at the end

Thanks for this vid, I love spiders but these ones that I always knew were harmless still creeped me out, now I can appreciate them more

The Daddy long legs is also very common here in New Zealand and they are wonderful for keeping white tail spiders out

I've always thought these spiders to be sort of magical, allowing them to exist wherever I notice them, figuring they had a job to do. Looking forward to more of your videos! Thank you!

I have a juvenile that just moved into the space above my bar today! We never use it so I've left it there as a fly trap and named it Michaelangelo for decorating my ceiling for me. Loved coming back to this video to remind myself what nest behaviors to watch for as it grows up!

I love these dudes - I just recently moved into my forever home that's been a work in progress for years. The first day- there was a cellar spider in my bathroom- I took a video and declared him a member of the family. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii- on Mauna Loa - yep, we've got them here

in australia, these are absolutely called daddy long legs by everyone. and yes, the rumor that "they can bite, but their fangs are too small" also exists here.

I used to work in at a summer camp in Florida and apart from bigger scarier wolf spiders and golden orb weavers, we saw these EVERYWHERE. Cabins, storage closets, corners, everywhere. I heard the same rumor about their venom for years and years. When I worked events off season, they'd collect in any place left dark and quiet for a day or two.

Thank you for making this series. This is really interesting. I'm from Slovakia and we have them in our bathroom.

Thanks for such an informative video! My girlfriend and I just moved to a new place and we were so happy to be in a better spot -- until we started spotting these guys absolutely everywhere. 😬 I'm a bit of a chicken around bugs, but I'm trying to be better about handling them and getting them out of my poor scared partner's personal space without busting out the shoes. Your video has really helped me relax around these spiders and I'm even cooking next to one of the little ladies that's webbed up in our kitchen now after watching this. Thanks again! 💙

Just found your channel the other day. Very informative, great videos so far! Looking forward to more! Keep it up, you’ve earned a new sub. I hope to see your channel take off soon!

I actually breed these when I can, in a special environment that I created. The Pholcus Phalangioides is most common indoors or in sheds, whereas its cousin, the Holocnemus Pluchei, or Marbled Cellar Spider, tends to be seen in the outdoors, here in California.

Love these guys.

I recently found your channel, and despite me not really being a “loving” fan of spiders I do find them fascinating and your videos have an been interesting watch. Although, when I watch them while Im smoking a cigarette outside I have to stand in the middle of yard because I’ll start getting paranoid that spider might end up falling on to me from the house or tree.

I love those little guys. In the last place I lived, I got worried about the one over my front door and tried to give him some water. As I approached with the wet q-tip, he started gyrating in his web, flailing like a crackhead and I couldn't stop laughing. I ended up flicking some water droplets at his web until a few caught in it, so he still got something to drink.

Spiders are my favorite animals and its nice to see people standing up for them and educating others.

Loved your video! Many Thanks! I live in France and confirm they are very common in my cellar 🙂 I once saw two of them kind of dancing (wiggling) in front of each other on their respective webs. I found myself to stay there mesmerized quite some time

There’s so many of these where I live I can’t even imagine someone bothering them, even as a little kid we all just accepted that they’re always around. I like them so much : )

In Dutch, these guys are called "trilspin", which essentially translates to "vibrate-spider" "shake-spider", because of their defense mechanism that you mentioned. Theyre very common around here.