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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-
38 species for
Graham County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Funnel Weavers
AGELENIDAE
Coras lamellosus
a funnel weaver
Coras medicinalis
a funnel weaver
Wadotes deceptis
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Araneus bicentenarius
lichenmarked orbweaver
Araneus cingulatus
an orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus
Marbled orbweaver
Argiope aurantia
yellow garden spider
Eustala anastera
Humpbacked orbweaver
Micrathena gracilis
spined Micrathena
Neoscona crucifera
a spotted orbweaver
Neoscona domiciliorum
a spotted orbweaver
Verrucosa arenata
an orb weaver
Sac Spiders
CLUBIONIDAE
Elaver excepta
a sac spider
No Colloquial Name
CYBAEIDAE
Calymmaria persica
a basket-web weaver
HYPOCHILIDAE
Hypochilus pococki - western clade
A Lampshade Spider
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Pirata aspirans
a pirate wolf spider
Scaffold Web Spiders
NESTICIDAE
Nesticus sheari
a cave cobweb spider
Nesticus cooperi
Lost Nantahala Cave Spider
Nesticus coylei
a cave cobweb spider
Armoured harvestmen
PHALANGODIDAE
Bishopella laciniosa
Theromaster brunneus
Nursery Web Spiders
PISAURIDAE
Dolomedes scriptus
Striped fishing spider
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Dark fishing spider
Dolomedes vittatus
a fishing spider
Pisaurina mira
nursery web spider
No Colloquial Name
SABACONIDAE
Sabacon cavicolens
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Eris militaris
Bronze jumping spider
Chinattus parvulus
a jumping spider
Paraphidippus aurantius
Emerald jumping spider
Pelegrina flavipes
a jumping spider
No Colloquial Name
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum ventricosum
Leiobunum euserratipalpe
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Leucauge venusta
orchard orbweaver
Tetragnatha elongata
a longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
common house spider
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Bassaniana versicolor
a bark crab spider
No Colloquial Name
TRACHELIDAE
Trachelas tranquillus
a cuspuled spider
Armoured harvestmen
TRIAENONYCHIDAE
Fumontana deprehendor