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Daddy-long-legs

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Daddy-long-legs

A female daddy-long-legs (Pholcus phanalangioides) carries her eggs along someone’s arm. This introduced spider is common in homes north of Christchurch.

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Simon Pollard, Spiders and other arachnids – Other arachnids – spider relatives, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12728/daddy-long-legs (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Pollard, published 1 March 2009.