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Normally, they simply hang up-side-down, waiting for insects to wander into their web. This behavior serves to disorient a predator or threat. The Long-bodied Cellar Spider can be seen bouncing on its own web to make itself harder to see by blurring itself to the observer. Daddy-Long-Legs is also used to refer to Harvestman, which are not spiders though they are still a part of the arachnid class. Thanks to its long, spindly legs, some call this spider a Daddy-Long-Legs.
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The rounded bottom and tapered waist could almost pass for the top of a skull and tapered jawline, giving rise to a second common name, Skull Spider. The elongated, tubular shape of the abdomen gave the Long-bodied Cellar Spider its common name.