| Family (Alpha): | |||
71 species for Halifax County | |||||||||
| Colloquial | family | sciName | comName | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Agelenopsis naevia | a grass spider | ||||||
| Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Acanthepeira stellata | Star-bellied orb weaver | ||||||
| Argiope aurantia | yellow garden spider | ||||||||
| Eustala anastera | Humpbacked orbweaver | ||||||||
| Eustala cepina | an orbweaver | ||||||||
| Gea heptagon | an orbweaver | ||||||||
| Larinia directa | an orbweaver | ||||||||
| Mangora placida | tuftlegged orbweaver | ||||||||
| Metepeira labyrinthea | Labyrinth orbweaver | ||||||||
| Micrathena gracilis | spined Micrathena | ||||||||
| Micrathena sagittata | Arrowshaped Micrathena | ||||||||
| Neoscona crucifera | a spotted orbweaver | ||||||||
| Ground Spiders | GNAPHOSIDAE | Drassyllus covensis | a ground spider | ||||||
| Drassyllus ellipes | a ground spider | ||||||||
| Drassyllus eremitus | a ground spider | ||||||||
| Drassyllus louisianus | a ground spider | ||||||||
| Sergiolus capulatus | Variegated Ground Spider | ||||||||
| Zelotes hentzi | a ground spider | ||||||||
| No Colloquial Name | HAHNIIDAE | Cicurina arcuata | a mesh web spider | ||||||
| Hahnia flaviceps | |||||||||
| Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE | Ceraticelus carinatus | a dwarf spider | ||||||
| Ceraticelus laetabilis | a dwarf spider | ||||||||
| Ceraticelus minutus | a dwarf spider | ||||||||
| Epiceraticelus fluvialis | a dwarf spider | ||||||||
| Mermessus maculatus | a dwarf spider | ||||||||
| Origanates rostratus | a dwarf spider | ||||||||
| Scylaceus pallidus | a dwarf spider | ||||||||
| Agyneta parva | a sheetweb weaver | ||||||||
| Centromerus cornupalpis | a sheetweb weaver | ||||||||
| Centromerus denticulatus | a sheetweb weaver | ||||||||
| Neriene radiata | Filmy dome spider | ||||||||
| Tenuiphantes sabulosus | a sheetweb weaver | ||||||||
| Tusukuru hartlandianus | a sheetweb weaver | ||||||||
| Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Allocosa funerea | a wolf spider | ||||||
| Hogna lenta | Field wolf spider | ||||||||
| Rabidosa rabida | Rabid wolf spider | ||||||||
| Tigrosa georgicola | a wolf spider | ||||||||
| Pirate spiders | MIMETIDAE | Mimetus puritanus | a pirate spider | ||||||
| No Colloquial Name | MYSMENIDAE | Microdipoena guttata | a minute clasping weaver | ||||||
| Lynx Spiders | OXYOPIDAE | Oxyopes salticus | Striped lynx spider | ||||||
| Peucetia viridans | Green lynx spider | ||||||||
| Running Crab Spiders | PHILODROMIDAE | Philodromus marxi | Metallic crab spider | ||||||
| Philodromus rufus | a running crab spider | ||||||||
| No Colloquial Name | PHRUROLITHIDAE | Phrurotimpus borealis | a phrurolithid | ||||||
| Scotinella redempta | |||||||||
| Nursery Web Spiders | PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes albineus | whitebanded fishing spider | ||||||
| Dolomedes scriptus | Striped fishing spider | ||||||||
| Dolomedes tenebrosus | Dark fishing spider | ||||||||
| Pisaurina mira | nursery web spider | ||||||||
| Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Eris militaris | Bronze jumping spider | ||||||
| Naphrys pulex | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Habronattus agilis | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Hentzia mitrata | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Lyssomanes viridis | Magnolia green jumper | ||||||||
| Maevia inclemens | Dimorphic jumping spider | ||||||||
| Paraphidippus aurantius | Emerald jumping spider | ||||||||
| Pelegrina exigua | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Phidippus clarus | Red-backed jumping spider | ||||||||
| Phidippus mystaceus | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Phidippus otiosus | Canopy jumping spider | ||||||||
| Phidippus princeps | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Platycryptus undatus | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Tutelina elegans | a jumping spider | ||||||||
| Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Leucauge venusta | orchard orbweaver | ||||||
| Tetragnatha laboriosa | silver longjawed orbweaver | ||||||||
| Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Latrodectus mactans | Southern black widow | ||||||
| Crustulina altera | a cobweb spider | ||||||||
| Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Mecaphesa asperata | Northern crab spider | ||||||
| Mecaphesa celer | Swift crab spider | ||||||||
| Misumenoides formosipes | Whitebanded crab spider | ||||||||
| Xysticus funestus | a ground crab spider | ||||||||