Are long-bodied cellar spider good?
Long-bodied cellar spider are not poisonous to humans and are actually sort of good guys because they eat insect pests.

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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Arachnids

Order
Spiders

Family
Cellar spiders

Genus
Pholcus

Species
Long-bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides)