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title: "Moskitozitterspinne"
description: "Crossopriza lyoni — Insekten & Spinnen. Crossopriza lyoni is a widespread species of cellar spiders that prefer to live in or around human structures."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/tailed-cellar-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Moskitozitterspinne

> Crossopriza lyoni — Insekten & Spinnen. Crossopriza lyoni is a widespread species of cellar spiders that prefer to live in or around human structures.

- Scientific name: *Crossopriza lyoni*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 9081
- Wikidata: [Q1318127](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318127)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339927)

## Names

- en: Tailed Cellar Spider
- de: Moskitozitterspinne
- fr: Araignée spectre à cul plat
- nl: Gepunte tropentrilspin

## Countries with the most observations

US (1829), IN (1098), TH (358), TW (330), ID (209), BR (178), MX (114), BO (111), MY (88), AU (86), PH (43), CN (41)

## Summary

Crossopriza lyoni is a widespread species of cellar spiders that prefer to live in or around human structures. They are commonly known as tailed cellar spiders, tailed daddy longlegs spiders, and sometimes box spiders. They all possess extremely long fragile legs that can reach up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and a body length of that ranges from 2.5 to 7 mm (0.098 to 0.276 in). Their abdomens are distinctly squarish when viewed from the side and their carapace is more or less circular when viewed from above. They also possess two kinds of sound-producing organs and have six eyes.
The original range of C. lyoni is unknown…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossopriza_lyoni

## Photo

![Moskitozitterspinne](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tailed-cellar-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142459320

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tailed-cellar-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).