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The longest legs in the web At this size, the legs of this pholcid would span about 16 m!
In some pholcid species, the legs are pretty short, i.e. about 1 mm. But others have legs that are about 20 times their body length. If this spider is 14 cm long on your screen, then his front legs are about 2.3 m each! All eight legs together would span about 16 m. A leg that is 35 mm long but only 0.05 mm thick is 700 times as long as thick! |
