Arachnids of North Carolina
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107 species for Currituck County

ColloquialfamilysciNamecomName
Funnel WeaversAGELENIDAEAgelenopsis utahanaa grass spider
Barronopsis texanaa funnel weaver
Ghost SpidersANYPHAENIDAEArachosia cubanaa ghost spider
Hibana gracilisgarden ghost spider
Lupettiana mordaxa ghost spider
Wulfila saltabundusa ghost spider
Orb WeaversARANEIDAEAcanthepeira stellataStar-bellied orb weaver
Araneus pegniaButterfly orbweaver
Argiope aurantiayellow garden spider
Eustala anasteraHumpbacked orbweaver
Gea heptagonan orbweaver
Gasteracantha cancriformisSpinybacked orbweaver
Hypsosinga rubensan orbweaver
Larinioides cornutusFurrow orbweaver
Mangora gibberosaLined orbweaver
Mangora maculataGreenlegged orbweaver
Mangora spiculataan orbweaver
Micrathena gracilisspined Micrathena
Micrathena sagittataArrowshaped Micrathena
Neoscona arabescaArabesque orbweaver
Neoscona domicilioruma spotted orbweaver
Neoscona pratensisa spotted orbweaver
Metazygia wittfeldaean orbweaver
No Colloquial NameCHEIRACANTHIIDAECheiracanthium inclusumagrarian sac spider
Sac SpidersCLUBIONIDAEElaver exceptaa sac spider
Clubiona unidentified speciesa leafcurling sac spider
Clubiona nicholsia leafcurling sac spider
Antmimics and Ground Sac SpidersCORINNIDAECastianeira gertschiGertsch antmimic
No Colloquial NameDOLOMEDIDAEDolomedes albineuswhitebanded fishing spider
Dolomedes tritonSix-spotted fishing spider
Ground SpidersGNAPHOSIDAECallilepis plutoa ground spider
Cesonia bilineataa stealthy ground spider
Drassyllus eremitusa ground spider
Sergiolus unimaculatusa ground spider
Sheetweb and Dwarf SpidersLINYPHIIDAECeraticelus fissicepsa dwarf spider
Grammonota maculataa dwarf spider
Bathyphantes pallidusa sheetweb weaver
Florinda coccineaBlack-tailed red sheetweaver, scarlet sheetweaver
Tennesseellum formicaAntlike sheetweaver
Tenuiphantes sabulosusa sheetweb weaver
Tapinopa bilineataa sheetweb weaver
Ceraticelus unidentified speciesdwarf sheetweb weavers
Wolf SpidersLYCOSIDAEArctosa littoralisShoreline wolf spider
Hogna antelucanaa wolf spider
Pardosa milvinaa thinlegged wolf spider spider
Pirata sedentariusa pirate wolf spider
Rabidosa hentzia wolf spider
Rabidosa punctulataDotted wolf spider
Rabidosa rabidaRabid Wolf Spider
Schizocosa crassipesa wolf spider
Schizocosa ocreataBrushlegged wolf spider
Tigrosa annexaa wolf spider
Tigrosa georgicolaa wolf spider
Geolycosa pikeia burrowing wolf spider
Varacosa avaraa wolf spider
Pirata unidentified speciesa pirate wolf spider
Trochosa unidentified speciesa wolf spider
Pirate spidersMIMETIDAEMimetus puritanusa pirate spider
No Colloquial NameNEPHILIDAETrichonephila clavipesGolden Silk orbweaver
OONOPIDAEOrchestina unidentified speciesa goblin spider
Running Crab SpidersPHILODROMIDAEPhilodromus imbecillusa running crab spider
Philodromus marxiMetallic crab spider
Tibellus oblongusa slender crab spider
Philodromus floridensisa running crab spider
Philodromus undaruma running crab spider
Philodromus cespituma running crab spider
No Colloquial NamePHOLCIDAEPholcus phalangioidesLongbodied cellar spider
Pholcus manuelia cellar spider
PHRUROLITHIDAEPhrurotimpus borealisa phrurolithid
Nursery Web SpidersPISAURIDAEPisaurina dubiaa nursery web spider
Pisaurina miranursery web spider
Pisaurina undulataa nursery web spider
Jumping SpidersSALTICIDAEAdmestina tibialis
Habronattus coecatusa jumping spider
Hentzia mitrataa jumping spider
Hentzia palmarumLongjawed jumping spider
Maevia unidentified speciesa jumping spider
Neon nellia jumping spider
Pelegrina flavipesa jumping spider
Phidippus clarusRed-backed jumping spider
Phidippus princepsa jumping spider
Phidippus putnamia jumping spider
Phidippus whitmaniWhitman's jumping spider
Colonus sylvanusa jumping spider
Zygoballus nervosusa jumping spider
Zygoballus sexpunctatusa jumping spider
Metacyrba floridanaa jumping spider
Peckhamia americanaan antmimic jumping spider
Eris flavaa jumping spider
Long-jawed Orb WeaversTETRAGNATHIDAETetragnatha elongataa longjawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha laboriosasilver longjawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha stramineaa longjawed orbweaver
Leucauge argyrobaptaa longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb SpidersTHERIDIIDAELatrodectus variolusNorthern black widow
Parasteatoda tepidariorumcommon house spider
Theridion differensa cobweb spider
Theridion glaucescensa cobweb spider
Theridion murariuma cobweb spider
Tidarren sisyphoidesa cobweb spider
Thymoites unimaculatusa cobweb spider
Ray SpidersTHERIDIOSOMATIDAETheridiosoma gemmosumRay spider
Crab SpidersTHOMISIDAEMecaphesa celerSwift crab spider
Misumessus oblongusa crab spider
Synema parvuluma crab spider
Xysticus feroxa ground crab spider
Xysticus funestusa ground crab spider
Xysticus unidentified speciesa ground crab spider