29 species for Dare County |
Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
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Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Barronopsis texana | a funnel weaver |
Ghost Spiders | ANYPHAENIDAE | Anyphaena celer | a ghost spider |
| | Hibana gracilis | garden ghost spider |
Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Argiope aurantia | yellow garden spider |
| | Gasteracantha cancriformis | Spinybacked orbweaver |
| | Micrathena sagittata | Arrowshaped Micrathena |
| | Trichonephila clavipes | Golden Silk orbweaver |
No Colloquial Name | BUTHIDAE | Centruroides vittatus | Striped Bark Scorpion |
Ground Spiders | GNAPHOSIDAE | Micaria longipes | an antlike ground spider |
Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Arctosa littoralis | Shoreline wolf spider |
| | Hogna antelucana | a wolf spider |
| | Hogna lenta | Field wolf spider |
| | Rabidosa carrana | a wolf spider |
| | Tigrosa helluo | a wolf spider |
| | Geolycosa pikei | a burrowing wolf spider |
Running Crab Spiders | PHILODROMIDAE | Philodromus floridensis | a running crab spider |
No Colloquial Name | PHOLCIDAE | Pholcus phalangioides | Longbodied cellar spider |
Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Lyssomanes viridis | Magnolia green jumper |
| | Phidippus audax | Bold jumper, Daring jumping spider |
| | Phidippus otiosus | Canopy jumping spider |
| | Phidippus whitmani | Whitman's jumping spider |
| | Colonus sylvanus | a jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus rufipes | Hammerjawed jumping spider |
| | Metacyrba floridana | a jumping spider |
Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Leucauge argyrobapta | Mabel's Orchard Orb Weaver |
Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Latrodectus mactans | Southern black widow |
| | Theridion glaucescens | a cobweb spider |
| | Latrodectus unidentified species | |
Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Xysticus ferox | a ground crab spider |