Spider
Tailed Cellar Spider
Crossopriza lyoni
Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized
- Scientific name
- Crossopriza lyoni
- Family
- Pholcidae, order Araneae
- Group
- Spider
The long-legged lodger that sweeps your home of insects.
- Spot it Tiny pale body and very long, thin legs.
- Home Corners of houses, sheds and walls.
- Food web Catches flies and mosquitoes in loose webs.
- Why it matters Catches flies and mosquitoes indoors, a quiet pest controller that is also food for geckos.
Read more: Crossopriza lyoni on Wikipedia
Sources and credits
Records and field notes
- RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2015, in Jaipur.[20]
Sources
- Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
- Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.
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