59 species for Columbus County |
Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
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Ghost Spiders | ANYPHAENIDAE | Anyphaena fraterna | a ghost spider |
| | Anyphaena maculata | a ghost spider |
| | Anyphaena pectorosa | a ghost spider |
| | Hibana gracilis | garden ghost spider |
| | Wulfila albens | a ghost spider |
| | Wulfila saltabundus | a ghost spider |
Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Araneus bicentenarius | lichenmarked orbweaver |
| | Araneus partitus | an orbweaver |
| | Argiope aurantia | yellow garden spider |
| | Argiope trifasciata | Banded garden spider, Banded Argiope |
| | Cyclosa turbinata | humped trashline orbweaver |
| | Eustala anastera | Humpbacked orbweaver |
| | Gasteracantha cancriformis | Spinybacked orbweaver |
| | Mangora gibberosa | Lined orbweaver |
| | Mangora placida | tuftlegged orbweaver |
| | Mecynogea lemniscata | Basilica orbweaver |
| | Micrathena sagittata | Arrowshaped Micrathena |
| | Neoscona arabesca | Arabesque orbweaver |
| | Neoscona domiciliorum | a spotted orbweaver |
| | Eriophora ravilla | Tropical Orbweaver |
No Colloquial Name | CHEIRACANTHIIDAE | Cheiracanthium inclusum | agrarian sac spider |
Armoured harvestmen | COSMETIDAE | Libitioides sayi | Say's Armored Harvestman |
No Colloquial Name | DOLOMEDIDAE | Dolomedes tenebrosus | Dark fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes triton | Six-spotted fishing spider |
| HALONOPROCTIDAE | Ummidia audouini | a cork-lid trapdoor spider |
Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Geolycosa pikei | a burrowing wolf spider |
| | Varacosa avara | a wolf spider |
Pirate spiders | MIMETIDAE | Mimetus puritanus | a pirate spider |
No Colloquial Name | NEPHILIDAE | Trichonephila clavipes | Golden Silk orbweaver |
Lynx Spiders | OXYOPIDAE | Oxyopes salticus | striped lynx spider |
| | Peucetia viridans | green lynx spider |
Running Crab Spiders | PHILODROMIDAE | Philodromus imbecillus | a running crab spider |
Nursery Web Spiders | PISAURIDAE | Pisaurina dubia | a nursery web spider |
| | Pisaurina mira | nursery web spider |
| | Pisaurina undulata | a nursery web spider |
| | Pisaurina brevipes | a nursery web spider |
Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Anasaitis canosus | Twinflagged jumper |
| | Habronattus notialis | a jumping spider |
| | Hentzia mitrata | a jumping spider |
| | Hentzia palmarum | Longjawed jumping spider |
| | Lyssomanes viridis | Magnolia green jumper |
| | Phidippus clarus | Red-backed jumping spider |
| | Phidippus putnami | a jumping spider |
| | Colonus sylvanus | a jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus sexpunctatus | a jumping spider |
No Colloquial Name | SCLEROSOMATIDAE | Leiobunum uxorium | |
Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Leucauge venusta | orchard orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha guatemalensis | a longjawed orbweaver |
| | Leucauge argyrobapta | a longjawed orbweaver |
Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Phylloneta pictipes | a cobweb spider |
| | Steatoda grossa | false black widow |
| | Theridion murarium | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridion unidentified species | |
Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Mecaphesa asperata | Northern crab spider |
| | Mecaphesa celer | Swift crab spider |
| | Misumenoides formosipes | whitebanded crab spider |
| | Tmarus angulatus | a crab spider |
Cribellate Orb Weavers | ULOBORIDAE | Uloborus glomosus | featherlegged orbweaver |
No Colloquial Name | VAEJOVIDAE | Vaejovis carolinianus | Southern Unstriped Scorpion |