227 species for Durham County |
| Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
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| Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Agelenopsis emertoni | a grass spider |
| | Agelenopsis kastoni | a grass spider |
| | Agelenopsis pennsylvanica | a grass spider |
| | Agelenopsis utahana | a grass spider |
| | Barronopsis texana | a funnel weaver |
| Folding Trapdoor Spiders | ANTRODIAETIDAE | Antrodiaetus unicolor | a foldingdoor spider |
| Ghost Spiders | ANYPHAENIDAE | Anyphaena pectorosa | a ghost spider |
| | Hibana gracilis | garden ghost spider |
| | Lupettiana mordax | a ghost spider |
| | Wulfila albens | a ghost spider |
| | Wulfila saltabundus | a ghost spider |
| Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Acacesia hamata | difoliate orbweaver |
| | Acanthepeira cherokee | an orbweaver |
| | Acanthepeira marion | |
| | Araneus alboventris | an orbweaver |
| | Araneus bicentenarius | lichenmarked orbweaver |
| | Araneus marmoreus | Marbled orbweaver |
| | Araneus miniatus | Black-spotted Orbweaver |
| | Araneus nordmanni | an orbweaver |
| | Araneus pegnia | Butterfly orbweaver |
| | Araneus thaddeus | Lattice orbweaver |
| | Araneus tuscarora | |
| | Argiope aurantia | yellow garden spider |
| | Cyclosa conica | a trashline spider |
| | Eustala anastera | Humpbacked orbweaver |
| | Gasteracantha cancriformis | Spinybacked orbweaver |
| | Hypsosinga rubens | an orbweaver |
| | Mangora gibberosa | Lined orbweaver |
| | Mangora placida | tuftlegged orbweaver |
| | Mangora spiculata | an orbweaver |
| | Mecynogea lemniscata | Basilica orbweaver |
| | Metepeira labyrinthea | Labyrinth orbweaver |
| | Micrathena gracilis | spined Micrathena |
| | Micrathena mitrata | white micrathena |
| | Micrathena sagittata | Arrowshaped Micrathena |
| | Neoscona arabesca | Arabesque orbweaver |
| | Neoscona crucifera | a spotted orbweaver |
| | Neoscona domiciliorum | a spotted orbweaver |
| | Verrucosa arenata | an orb weaver |
| | Araneus unidentified species | |
| Purseweb Spiders | ATYPIDAE | Sphodros rufipes | redlegged purseweb spider |
| No Colloquial Name | BUTHIDAE | Centruroides hentzi | Hentz Striped Scorpion |
| CHEIRACANTHIIDAE | Cheiracanthium inclusum | a longlegged sac spider |
| CHTHONIIDAE | Apochthonius moestus | |
| | Chthonius paludis | |
| | Kleptochthonius multispinosus | |
| Sac Spiders | CLUBIONIDAE | Clubiona abboti | a leafcurling sac spider |
| | Elaver excepta | a sac spider |
| | Clubiona catawba | a leafcurling sac spider |
| | Clubiona mutata | a leafcurling sac spider |
| Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders | CORINNIDAE | Castianeira longipalpa | manybanded antmimic |
| Armoured harvestmen | COSMETIDAE | Vonones sayi | Say's Armored Harvestman |
| Mesh Web Weavers | DICTYNIDAE | Lathys immaculata | a mesh web spider |
| | Lathys maculina | a mesh web spider |
| | Emblyna sublata | a mesh web spider |
| Ground Spiders | GNAPHOSIDAE | Drassyllus aprilinus | a ground spider |
| | Drassyllus covensis | a ground spider |
| | Drassyllus creolus | a ground spider |
| | Drassyllus ellipes | a ground spider |
| | Drassyllus eremitus | a ground spider |
| | Drassyllus novus | a ground spider |
| | Gnaphosa fontinalis | a ground spider |
| | Gnaphosa sericata | a ground spider |
| | Micaria elizabethae | an antlike ground spider |
| | Zelotes duplex | a ground spider |
| | Zelotes pullus | a ground spider |
| No Colloquial Name | HAHNIIDAE | Cicurina arcuata | a mesh web spider |
| | Neoantistea agilis | a comb-tailed spider |
| | Hahnia flaviceps | |
| HALONOPROCTIDAE | Ummidia unidentified species | a corklid trapdoor spider |
| | Ummidia audouini | a cork-lid trapdoor spider |
| | Ummidia neilgaimani | a cork-lid trapdoor spider |
| Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE | Anthrobia acuminata | a dwarf spider |
| | Ceraticelus carinatus | a dwarf spider |
| | Ceraticelus emertoni | a dwarf spider |
| | Ceraticelus laetabilis | a dwarf spider |
| | Ceraticelus savannus | a dwarf spider |
| | Ceraticelus similis | a dwarf spider |
| | Disembolus corneliae | a dwarf spider |
| | Erigone autumnalis | a dwarf spider |
| | Gonatium crassipalpum | a dwarf spider |
| | Mermessus maculatus | a dwarf spider |
| | Mermessus tridentatus | a dwarf spider |
| | Origanates rostratus | a dwarf spider |
| | Walckenaeria carolina | a dwarf spider |
| | Agyneta angulata | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Agyneta micaria | |
| | Agyneta parva | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Bathyphantes pallidus | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Centromerus latidens | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Frontinella pyramitela | bowl and doily weaver |
| | Tenuiphantes sabulosus | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Wubana drassoides | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Tusukuru hartlandianus | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Souessoula parva | a dwarf spider |
| Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Allocosa funerea | a wolf spider |
| | Geolycosa fatifera | |
| | Gladicosa pulchra | a wolf spider |
| | Hogna lenta | Field wolf spider |
| | Pardosa milvina | Shore spider |
| | Pardosa saxatilis | a thinlegged wolf spider |
| | Piratula insularis | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Pirata sedentarius | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Pirata suwaneus | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Rabidosa rabida | Rabid wolf spider |
| | Schizocosa avida | a wolf spider |
| | Schizocosa crassipes | a wolf spider |
| | Schizocosa ocreata | Brushlegged wolf spider |
| | Schizocosa saltatrix | a wolf spider |
| | Tigrosa georgicola | a wolf spider |
| | Trabeops aurantiacus | a wolf spider |
| | Trebacosa marxi | a wolf spider |
| | Pirata alachuus | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Pirata apalacheus | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Pirata iviei | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Pirata spiniger | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Pardosa lapidicina | a thinlegged wolf spider |
| Pirate spiders | MIMETIDAE | Mimetus puritanus | a pirate spider |
| No Colloquial Name | MYSMENIDAE | Microdipoena guttata | a minute clasping weaver |
| | Maymena ambita | a minute clasping weaver |
| NEOBISIIDAE | Microbisium brunneum | |
| | Microbisium parvulum | |
| | Tuberocreagris lata | |
| NEPHILIDAE | Trichonephila clavipes | Golden Silk orbweaver |
| Scaffold Web Spiders | NESTICIDAE | Eidmannella pallida | a cave cobweb spider |
| Wall spiders | OECOBIIDAE | Oecobius cellariorum | a flatmesh weaver |
| Lynx Spiders | OXYOPIDAE | Oxyopes aglossus | a lynx spider |
| | Oxyopes salticus | Striped lynx spider |
| | Peucetia viridans | Green lynx spider |
| | Oxyopes cougar | a lynx spider |
| Armoured harvestmen | PHALANGODIDAE | Erebomaster acanthinus | |
| Running Crab Spiders | PHILODROMIDAE | Philodromus imbecillus | a running crab spider |
| | Philodromus marxi | Metallic crab spider |
| | Philodromus rufus | a running crab spider |
| No Colloquial Name | PHOLCIDAE | Pholcus phalangioides | Longbodied cellar spider |
| PHRUROLITHIDAE | Phrurolithus singulus | |
| | Phrurolithus unidentified species | |
| | Phrurotimpus alarius | a phrurolithid |
| | Phrurotimpus borealis | a phrurolithid |
| | Phrurotimpus certus | a phrurolithid |
| | Scotinella divinula | |
| | Scotinella redempta | |
| | Phrurotimpus palustris | a phrurolithid |
| | Phrurotimpus umbratilis | a phrurolithid |
| | Scotinella fratrella | |
| Nursery Web Spiders | PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes albineus | whitebanded fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes tenebrosus | Dark fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes triton | Six-spotted fishing spider |
| | Pisaurina mira | nursery web spider |
| | Pisaurina brevipes | a nursery web spider |
| Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Anasaitis canosa | Twinflagged jumper |
| | Eris floridana | a jumping spider |
| | Eris militaris | Bronze jumping spider |
| | Ghelna canadensis | a jumping spider |
| | Naphrys pulex | a jumping spider |
| | Hentzia mitrata | a jumping spider |
| | Hentzia palmarum | Longjawed jumping spider |
| | Lyssomanes viridis | Magnolia green jumper |
| | Maevia inclemens | Dimorphic jumping spider |
| | Marpissa lineata | a jumping spider |
| | Marpissa formosa | a jumping spider |
| | Metacyrba taeniola | a jumping spider |
| | Paraphidippus aurantius | Emerald jumping spider |
| | Pelegrina galathea | peppered jumper |
| | Phidippus audax | Bold jumper, Daring jumping spider |
| | Phidippus clarus | Red-backed jumping spider |
| | Phidippus otiosus | Canopy jumping spider |
| | Phidippus princeps | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus putnami | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus whitmani | Whitman's jumping spider |
| | Platycryptus undatus | a jumping spider |
| | Plexippus paykulli | a jumping spider |
| | Sassacus cyaneus | a jumping spider |
| | Sassacus papenhoei | a jumping spider |
| | Colonus puerperus | a jumping spider |
| | Colonus sylvanus | a jumping spider |
| | Tutelina elegans | a jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus nervosus | a jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus rufipes | Hammerjawed jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus sexpunctatus | a jumping spider |
| | Metacyrba floridana | a jumping spider |
| | Attinella concolor | a jumping spider |
| | Paramaevia hobbsae | a jumping spider |
| No Colloquial Name | SCLEROSOMATIDAE | Hadrobunus maculosus | |
| | Leiobunum flavum | |
| | Leiobunum nigropalpi | |
| | Leiobunum uxorium | |
| | Leiobunum vittatum | |
| | Leiobunum euserratipalpe | |
| Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Glenognatha foxi | a longjawed orbweaver |
| | Leucauge venusta | orchard orbweaver |
| | Pachygnatha furcillata | a thickjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha caudata | a longjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha elongata | a longjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha guatemalensis | a longjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha laboriosa | silver longjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha versicolor | a longjawed orbweaver |
| Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Chrosiothes jenningsi | a cobweb spider |
| | Emertonella emertoni | |
| | Episinus amoenus | a cobweb spider |
| | Euryopis funebris | a cobweb spider |
| | Latrodectus mactans | Southern black widow |
| | Latrodectus variolus | Northern black widow |
| | Parasteatoda tepidariorum | common house spider |
| | Phoroncidia americana | |
| | Robertus riparius | a cobweb spider |
| | Spintharus flavidus | a cobweb spider |
| | Steatoda grossa | false black widow |
| | Steatoda triangulosa | checkered cobweb weaver |
| | Theridion differens | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridion frondeum | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridula emertoni | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridula opulenta | a cobweb spider |
| | Crustulina altera | a cobweb spider |
| Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Mecaphesa asperata | Northern crab spider |
| | Mecaphesa celer | Swift crab spider |
| | Misumenoides formosipes | whitebanded crab spider |
| | Misumessus oblongus | a crab spider |
| | Synema parvulum | a crab spider |
| | Tmarus angulatus | a crab spider |
| | Xysticus elegans | Elegant crab spider |
| | Xysticus ferox | a ground crab spider |
| | Xysticus funestus | a ground crab spider |
| No Colloquial Name | TITANOECIDAE | Titanoeca brunnea | |
| TRACHELIDAE | Meriola decepta | a cuspuled spider |
| | Trachelas similis | a cuspuled spider |
| Cribellate Orb Weavers | ULOBORIDAE | Hyptiotes cavatus | Triangle web spider |