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  • Giant Cellar Spider, 1 of 5
    Photo 1 of 5

    (c) Grant Reed, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 5

    (c) botswanabugs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 5

    (c) R.J. Adams, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) carlislespider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 5 of 5

    (c) Lucinda Gibson, Museum Victoria, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Giant Cellar Spider

Artema atlanta

Worldwide
1,032 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Artema atlanta is a species of spider of the family Pholcidae with a pantropical distribution, introduced in Belgium and North America. It is commonly known as the giant daddy-long-legs spider. With a body length of 8–11 mm, it is the largest pholcid in the world.

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