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After a spider leaves its web, dust collects on the sticky silk, and it becomes a cobweb. Spiders are responsible for those single strands of dust seen hanging from a cellar’s ceiling.

These spiders hang upside down from irregular webs in damp and dark places, which can include caves and abandoned burrows as well as high corners of a cellar or attic.

Finally, daddy longlegs, also known as harvestmen, don’t build webs, which further sets them apart from cellar spiders. In fact, daddy longlegs aren’t even spiders, Bush said.

Based on the web's construction and the shed exoskeleton visible in the upper left, the spider responsible was likely a cellar spider.

Spider webs were built all along the rails of the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge in Irondequoit on Sept. 30, 2024. It's because spiders are predators that keep insect populations in check.