18 species for Mecklenburg County |
Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
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Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Coras medicinalis | a funnel weaver |
Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Araneus marmoreus | Marbled orbweaver |
| | Argiope aurantia | Yellow Garden Spider |
| | Gasteracantha cancriformis | Spinybacked orbweaver |
| | Neoscona crucifera | a spotted orbweaver |
Mesh Web Weavers | DICTYNIDAE | Lathys albida | |
No Colloquial Name | HALONOPROCTIDAE | Ummidia audouini | a cork-lid trapdoor spider |
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE | Erigone autumnalis | a dwarf spider |
| | Mermessus tridentatus | a dwarf spider |
| | Centromerus cornupalpis | a sheetweb weaver |
Lynx Spiders | OXYOPIDAE | Peucetia viridans | Green lynx spider |
No Colloquial Name | PHRUROLITHIDAE | Phrurotimpus palustris | a phrurolithid |
Nursery Web Spiders | PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes triton | Six-spotted fishing spider |
Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Parasteatoda tepidariorum | common house spider |
| | Robertus frontatus | a cobweb spider |
| | Pholcomma barnesi | a cobweb spider |
Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Bassaniana floridana | a bark crab spider |
No Colloquial Name | VAEJOVIDAE | Vaejovis carolinianus | Southern Unstriped Scorpion |