Arachnids of North Carolina
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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-
21 species for
Henderson County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANTRODIAETIDAE
Antrodiaetus microunicolor
a foldingdoor spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Araneus marmoreus
Marbled orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera
a spotted orbweaver
Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE
Castianeira longipalpa
manybanded antmimic
No Colloquial Name
CYBAEIDAE
Calymmaria persica
a basket-web weaver
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Parson spider
No Colloquial Name
HYPOCHILIDAE
Hypochilus coylei
A Lampshade Spider
Hypochilus pococki
A Lampshade Spider
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LINYPHIIDAE
Neriene radiata
Filmy dome spider
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Pardosa milvina
Shore spider
Schizocosa crassipes
a wolf spider
Scaffold Web Spiders
NESTICIDAE
Nesticus brimleyi
a cave cobweb spider
Nursery Web Spiders
PISAURIDAE
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Dark fishing spider
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Platycryptus undatus
a jumping spider
No Colloquial Name
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum ventricosum
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Leucauge venusta
orchard orbweaver
Meta ovalis
Cave longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
common house spider
Steatoda grossa
false black widow
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Misumenoides formosipes
whitebanded crab spider
Xysticus ferox
a ground crab spider