Arachnids of North Carolina
Home Page
Common Spiders of NC
Recent Entries
Recent Account Updates
County Searches
General Search
Submit a Public Record
References
Maps
Checklist
NC Biodiversity Project
Comments
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-
CICURINIDAE-
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
MITURGIDAE-Prowling 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-
ZOROPSIDAE-False Wolf Spiders & Wandering Spiders
22 species for
Sampson County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Ghost Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE
Anyphaena maculata
a ghost spider
Hibana gracilis
garden ghost spider
Wulfila albens
a ghost spider
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Callilepis pluto
a ground spider
Micaria punctata
an antlike ground spider
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Tigrosa helluo
a wolf spider
No Colloquial Name
NEPHILIDAE
Trichonephila clavipes
Golden Silk orbweaver
Lynx Spiders
OXYOPIDAE
Oxyopes salticus
striped lynx spider
Peucetia viridans
green lynx spider
Running Crab Spiders
PHILODROMIDAE
Philodromus praelustris
Canadian crab spider
Philodromus floridensis
a running crab spider
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Hentzia palmarum
Longjawed jumping spider
Lyssomanes viridis
Magnolia green jumper
No Colloquial Name
SCYTODIDAE
Scytodes atlacoya
a spitting spider
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Tetragnatha versicolor
a longjawed orbweaver
Leucauge argyrobapta
a longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Spintharus flavidus
a cobweb spider
Theridion frondeum
a cobweb spider
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Misumenoides formosipes
whitebanded crab spider
Misumessus oblongus
a crab spider
Synema parvulum
a crab spider
Tmarus angulatus
a crab spider