Arachnids of North Carolina
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Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudoscorpions
Scorpiones - Scorpions
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROPSOPILIONIDAE-
AGELENIDAE-Funnel Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE-Hacklemesh Weavers
ANTRODIAETIDAE-Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE-Ghost Spiders
ARANEIDAE-Orb Weavers
ATYPIDAE-Purseweb Spiders
BUTHIDAE-
CADDIDAE-
CHEIRACANTHIIDAE-
CHEIRIDIIDAE-
CHELIFERIDAE-
CHERNETIDAE-
CHTHONIIDAE-
CLUBIONIDAE-Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE-Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
COSMETIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
CTENIDAE-Wandering Spiders
CYBAEIDAE-
DEINOPIDAE-Ogrefaced spider
DESIDAE-
DICTYNIDAE-Mesh Web Weavers
DYSDERIDAE-
EUCTENIZIDAE-Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders
FILISTATIDAE-
GARYPINIDAE-
GNAPHOSIDAE-Ground Spiders
HAHNIIDAE-
HALONOPROCTIDAE-
HYPOCHILIDAE-
LARCIDAE-
LEPTONETIDAE-
LINYPHIIDAE-Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LIOCRANIDAE-Liocranid Sac Spiders
LYCOSIDAE-Wolf Spiders
MICROHEXURIDAE-
MIMETIDAE-Pirate spiders
MYSMENIDAE-
NEOBISIIDAE-
NEPHILIDAE-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
PHONOGNATHIDAE-
PHRUROLITHIDAE-
PISAURIDAE-Nursery Web Spiders
SABACONIDAE-
SALTICIDAE-Jumping Spiders
SCLEROSOMATIDAE-
SCYTODIDAE-
SEGESTRIIDAE-
SICARIIDAE-
SPARASSIDAE-Giant Crab Spiders
STERNOPHORIDAE-
TARACIDAE-
TETRAGNATHIDAE-Long-jawed Orb Weavers
THERIDIIDAE-Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE-Ray Spiders
THOMISIDAE-Crab Spiders
TITANOECIDAE-
TRACHELIDAE-
TRIAENONYCHIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE-
ULOBORIDAE-Cribellate Orb Weavers
VAEJOVIDAE-
15 species for
Caldwell County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANTRODIAETIDAE
Antrodiaetus unicolor
a foldingdoor spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Araneus nordmanni
an orbweaver
Micrathena mitrata
white micrathena
Neoscona arabesca
Arabesque orbweaver
Wandering Spiders
CTENIDAE
Anahita punctulata
a wandering spider
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Zelotes unidentified species
No Colloquial Name
HYPOCHILIDAE
Hypochilus pococki - northeast clade
A Lampshade Spider
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Pirata aspirans
a pirate wolf spider
No Colloquial Name
MICROHEXURIDAE
Microhexura montivaga
Spruce-fir Moss Spider
Scaffold Web Spiders
NESTICIDAE
Nesticus carolinensis
Linville Caverns Spider
Lynx Spiders
OXYOPIDAE
Peucetia viridans
Green lynx spider
Armoured harvestmen
PHALANGODIDAE
Bishopella laciniosa
No Colloquial Name
PHRUROLITHIDAE
Phrurotimpus palustris
a phrurolithid
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Sassacus papenhoei
a jumping spider
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Meta ovalis
Cave longjawed orbweaver