First Spider of the Year

During the evening of 4th March, this Spider crawled across my pillow whilst in bed reading. It is the Daddy Long-legs Spider or Pholcus phalangioides. This spider can often be seen upside down on the ceiling in the corner of a room where it makes its web. It has the ability to kill other spiders but is not venomous to us humans. The second photo above nicely shows the circular Carapace with the central dark marking. Also, the legs with their contrasting pale and dark bands. No home should be without one!