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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-
34 species for
Haywood County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANTRODIAETIDAE
Antrodiaetus microunicolor
a foldingdoor spider
Antrodiaetus unicolor
a foldingdoor spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Acanthepeira cherokee
an orbweaver
Cyclosa conica
a trashline spider
Mastophora stowei
No Colloquial Name
CHEIRIDIIDAE
Cheiridium firmum
CHTHONIIDAE
Apochthonius moestus
Kleptochthonius multispinosus
CYBAEIDAE
Calymmaria persica
a basket-web weaver
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Micaria longipes
an antlike ground spider
No Colloquial Name
HYPOCHILIDAE
Hypochilus pococki
A Lampshade Spider
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LINYPHIIDAE
Pityohyphantes costatus
hammock spider
No Colloquial Name
MICROHEXURIDAE
Microhexura montivaga
Spruce-fir Moss Spider
NEOBISIIDAE
Microbisium brunneum
Microbisium parvulum
Microcreagris atlantica
Novobisium carolinense
NEPHILIDAE
Trichonephila clavipes
Golden Silk orbweaver
Scaffold Web Spiders
NESTICIDAE
Nesticus silvanus
a cave cobweb spider
Nesticus nasicus
a cave cobweb spider
Nesticus cherokee
a cave cobweb spider
Armoured harvestmen
PHALANGODIDAE
Bishopella laciniosa
Theromaster brunneus
No Colloquial Name
PHRUROLITHIDAE
Phrurotimpus palustris
a phrurolithid
Nursery Web Spiders
PISAURIDAE
Pisaurina mira
nursery web spider
No Colloquial Name
SABACONIDAE
Sabacon cavicolens
Sabacon mitchelli
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum politum
Nelima elegans
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Glenognatha foxi
a longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Chrosiothes jenningsi
a cobweb spider
Thymoites marxi
a cobweb spider
Armoured harvestmen
TRIAENONYCHIDAE
Fumontana deprehendor
No Colloquial Name
VAEJOVIDAE
Vaejovis carolinianus
Southern Unstriped Scorpion