48 species for McDowell County |
| Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
|---|
| Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Agelenopsis naevia | a grass spider |
| | Coras montanus | a funnel weaver |
| Folding Trapdoor Spiders | ANTRODIAETIDAE | Antrodiaetus microunicolor | a foldingdoor spider |
| Ghost Spiders | ANYPHAENIDAE | Anyphaena celer | a ghost spider |
| Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Araneus saevus | an orbweaver |
| | Eustala anastera | Humpbacked orbweaver |
| | Hypsosinga rubens | an orbweaver |
| | Micrathena gracilis | spined Micrathena |
| | Neoscona crucifera | a spotted orbweaver |
| | Neoscona domiciliorum | a spotted orbweaver |
| | Verrucosa arenata | an orb weaver |
| Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders | CORINNIDAE | Castianeira descripta | redspotted antmimic |
| Armoured harvestmen | COSMETIDAE | Vonones sayi | Say's Armored Harvestman |
| No Colloquial Name | CYBAEIDAE | Cybaeus giganteus | |
| | Calymmaria persica | a basket-web weaver |
| DYSDERIDAE | Dysdera crocata | Woodlouse Hunter |
| Ground Spiders | GNAPHOSIDAE | Zelotes hentzi | a ground spider |
| No Colloquial Name | HYPOCHILIDAE | Hypochilus coylei | A Lampshade Spider |
| | Hypochilus sheari | A Lampshade Spider |
| | Hypochilus pococki - elk clade | A Lampshade Spider |
| Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE | Erigone dentigera | |
| | Florinda coccinea | Black-tailed red sheetweaver, scarlet sheetweaver |
| Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Tigrosa aspersa | a wolf spider |
| Scaffold Web Spiders | NESTICIDAE | Nesticus brimleyi | a cave cobweb spider |
| | Nesticus carolinensis | Linville Caverns Spider |
| | Nesticus gertschi | a cave cobweb spider |
| Armoured harvestmen | PHALANGODIDAE | Bishopella laciniosa | |
| | Theromaster brunneus | |
| Nursery Web Spiders | PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes albineus | whitebanded fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes tenebrosus | Dark fishing spider |
| No Colloquial Name | SABACONIDAE | Sabacon cavicolens | |
| Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Hentzia mitrata | a jumping spider |
| | Lyssomanes viridis | Magnolia green jumper |
| | Pelegrina proterva | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus audax | Bold jumper, Daring jumping spider |
| | Phidippus whitmani | Whitman's jumping spider |
| No Colloquial Name | SCLEROSOMATIDAE | Leiobunum calcar | |
| Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Leucauge venusta | orchard orbweaver |
| | Meta ovalis | Cave longjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha elongata | a longjawed orbweaver |
| Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Neospintharus trigonum | a cobweb spider |
| | Parasteatoda tepidariorum | common house spider |
| | Rhomphaea fictilium | a cobweb spider |
| | Steatoda borealis | northern cobweb weaver |
| | Theridion differens | a cobweb spider |
| Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Misumena vatia | goldenrod crab spider |
| | Misumenoides formosipes | whitebanded crab spider |
| | Synema parvulum | a crab spider |