178 species for Wake County |
| Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
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| Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Agelenopsis kastoni | a grass spider |
| | Agelenopsis naevia | a grass spider |
| | Agelenopsis pennsylvanica | a grass spider |
| | Barronopsis texana | a funnel weaver |
| | Barronopsis unidentified species | a funnel weaver |
| Ghost Spiders | ANYPHAENIDAE | Anyphaena celer | a ghost spider |
| | Anyphaena pectorosa | a ghost spider |
| | Hibana gracilis | garden ghost spider |
| | Lupettiana mordax | a ghost spider |
| | Wulfila albens | a ghost spider |
| Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Acacesia hamata | difoliate orbweaver |
| | Acanthepeira cherokee | an orbweaver |
| | Acanthepeira stellata | Star-bellied orb weaver |
| | Araneus alboventris | an orbweaver |
| | Araneus cingulatus | an orbweaver |
| | Araneus guttulatus | an orbweaver |
| | Araneus marmoreus | Marbled orbweaver |
| | Argiope aurantia | yellow garden spider |
| | Argiope trifasciata | Banded garden spider, Banded Argiope |
| | Cyclosa conica | a trashline spider |
| | Eustala anastera | Humpbacked orbweaver |
| | Gasteracantha cancriformis | Spinybacked orbweaver |
| | Larinia directa | an orbweaver |
| | Larinioides cornutus | Furrow orbweaver |
| | Mangora gibberosa | Lined orbweaver |
| | Mangora placida | tuftlegged orbweaver |
| | Mastophora timuqua | a bolas spider |
| | Mecynogea lemniscata | Basilica orbweaver |
| | Metepeira labyrinthea | Labyrinth orbweaver |
| | Micrathena gracilis | spined Micrathena |
| | Micrathena mitrata | white micrathena |
| | Micrathena sagittata | Arrowshaped Micrathena |
| | Neoscona arabesca | Arabesque orbweaver |
| | Neoscona crucifera | Spotted Orbweaver |
| | Neoscona domiciliorum | a spotted orbweaver |
| | Ocrepeira ectypa | Asterisk spider |
| | Verrucosa arenata | an orb weaver |
| Purseweb Spiders | ATYPIDAE | Sphodros atlanticus | a purseweb spider |
| | Sphodros rufipes | redlegged purseweb spider |
| No Colloquial Name | BUTHIDAE | Centruroides vittatus | Striped Bark Scorpion |
| | Centruroides hentzi | Hentz Striped Scorpion |
| CHEIRACANTHIIDAE | Cheiracanthium inclusum | agrarian sac spider |
| CHTHONIIDAE | Ephippiochthonius tetrachelatus | |
| Sac Spiders | CLUBIONIDAE | Elaver excepta | a sac spider |
| | Clubiona unidentified species | a leafcurling sac spider |
| | Clubiona procteri | a leafcurling sac spider |
| Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders | CORINNIDAE | Castianeira amoena | orange antmimic |
| | Castianeira descripta | redspotted antmimic |
| | Castianeira longipalpus | manybanded antmimic |
| Armoured harvestmen | COSMETIDAE | Libitioides sayi | Say's Armored Harvestman |
| Mesh Web Weavers | DICTYNIDAE | Emblyna sublata | a mesh web spider |
| No Colloquial Name | DOLOMEDIDAE | Dolomedes albineus | whitebanded fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes tenebrosus | Dark fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes triton | Six-spotted fishing spider |
| | Dolomedes vittatus | a fishing spider |
| DYSDERIDAE | Dysdera unidentified species | |
| Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders | EUCTENIZIDAE | Myrmekiaphila foliata | wafer-lid trapdoor spider |
| Ground Spiders | GNAPHOSIDAE | Drassyllus covensis | a ground spider |
| | Drassyllus eremitus | a ground spider |
| | Gnaphosa sericata | a ground spider |
| | Sergiolus capulatus | Variegated Ground Spider |
| | Sergiolus minutus | a ground spider |
| | Sergiolus ocellatus | a ground spider |
| No Colloquial Name | HAHNIIDAE | Neoantistea magna | a comb-tailed spider |
| | Hahnia flaviceps | |
| HALONOPROCTIDAE | Ummidia unidentified species | a corklid trapdoor spider |
| | Ummidia audouini | a cork-lid trapdoor spider |
| | Ummidia neilgaimani | a cork-lid trapdoor spider |
| Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE | Ceraticelus laetabilis | a dwarf spider |
| | Hypselistes florens | splendid dwarf spider |
| | Origanates rostratus | a dwarf spider |
| | Scylaceus pallidus | a dwarf spider |
| | Agyneta angulata | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Bathyphantes pallidus | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Centromerus denticulatus | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Centromerus latidens | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Florinda coccinea | Black-tailed red sheetweaver, scarlet sheetweaver |
| | Frontinella pyramitela | bowl and doily weaver |
| | Linyphiidae unidentified species | a sheetweb weaver |
| | Agyneta evadens | a sheetweb weaver |
| Liocranid Sac Spiders | LIOCRANIDAE | Agroeca pratensis | |
| Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Allocosa funerea | a wolf spider |
| | Arctosa littoralis | Shoreline wolf spider |
| | Gladicosa pulchra | a wolf spider |
| | Hogna carolinensis | Carolina wolf spider |
| | Hogna lenta | Field wolf spider |
| | Pardosa milvina | a thinlegged wolf spider spider |
| | Pirata sedentarius | a pirate wolf spider |
| | Rabidosa punctulata | Dotted wolf spider |
| | Rabidosa rabida | Rabid Wolf Spider |
| | Schizocosa avida | a wolf spider |
| | Schizocosa ocreata | Brushlegged wolf spider |
| | Tigrosa georgicola | a wolf spider |
| | Schizocosa unidentified species | |
| Pirate spiders | MIMETIDAE | Mimetus notius | a pirate spider |
| | Mimetus puritanus | a pirate spider |
| Prowling Spiders | MITURGIDAE | Zora pumila | a prowling spider |
| No Colloquial Name | NEPHILIDAE | Trichonephila clavipes | Golden Silk orbweaver |
| Wall spiders | OECOBIIDAE | Oecobius cellariorum | a flatmesh weaver |
| | Oecobius navus | a flatmesh weaver |
| Lynx Spiders | OXYOPIDAE | Oxyopes aglossus | a lynx spider |
| | Oxyopes salticus | striped lynx spider |
| | Peucetia viridans | green lynx spider |
| | Oxyopes cougar | a lynx spider |
| Armoured harvestmen | PHALANGODIDAE | Erebomaster acanthinus | |
| Running Crab Spiders | PHILODROMIDAE | Philodromus marxi | Metallic crab spider |
| | Philodromus praelustris | Canadian crab spider |
| | Philodromus rufus | a running crab spider |
| | Philodromus unidentified species | running crab spiders |
| No Colloquial Name | PHOLCIDAE | Pholcus phalangioides | Longbodied cellar spider |
| | Pholcus manueli | a cellar spider |
| | Crossopriza lyoni | a cellar spider |
| PHRUROLITHIDAE | Scotinella singula | |
| | Phrurotimpus borealis | a phrurolithid |
| | Scotinella redempta | |
| | Scotinella unidentified species | |
| | Phrurotimpus annulatus | a phrurolithid |
| | Phrurotimpus umbratilis | a phrurolithid |
| Nursery Web Spiders | PISAURIDAE | Pisaurina mira | nursery web spider |
| Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Habronattus coecatus | a jumping spider |
| | Hentzia mitrata | a jumping spider |
| | Hentzia palmarum | Longjawed jumping spider |
| | Lyssomanes viridis | Magnolia green jumper |
| | Maevia inclemens | Dimorphic jumping spider |
| | Metacyrba unidentified species | a jumping spider |
| | Paraphidippus aurantius | Emerald jumping spider |
| | Pelegrina galathea | peppered jumper |
| | Pelegrina proterva | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus audax | Bold jumper, Daring jumping spider |
| | Phidippus clarus | Red-backed jumping spider |
| | Phidippus otiosus | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus putnami | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus whitmani | Whitman's jumping spider |
| | Platycryptus undatus | a jumping spider |
| | Sassacus cyaneus | a jumping spider |
| | Colonus puerperus | a jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus rufipes | hammerjawed jumper |
| | Metacyrba floridana | a jumping spider |
| | Phidippus apacheanus | Apache Jumping Spider |
| | Peckhamia unidentified species | an antmimic jumping spider |
| No Colloquial Name | SCLEROSOMATIDAE | Leiobunum formosum | |
| | Leiobunum politum | |
| | Leiobunum vittatum | |
| | Leiobunum euserratipalpe | |
| SCYTODIDAE | Scytodes thoracica | a spitting spider |
| | Scytodes atlacoya | a spitting spider |
| SICARIIDAE | Loxosceles reclusa | Brown Recluse |
| | Loxosceles rufescens | Mediterranean Recluse |
| Giant Crab Spiders | SPARASSIDAE | Heteropoda venatoria | Giant crab spider |
| Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Leucauge venusta | orchard orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha elongata | a longjawed orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha viridis | Green longjawed orbweaver |
| Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Anelosimus studiosus | a cobweb spider |
| | Argyrodes elevatus | a dewdrop spider |
| | Euryopis funebris | a cobweb spider |
| | Latrodectus mactans | Southern black widow |
| | Latrodectus variolus | Northern black widow |
| | Neospintharus trigonum | a cobweb spider |
| | Parasteatoda tepidariorum | common house spider |
| | Rhomphaea fictilium | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridion differens | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridion murarium | a cobweb spider |
| | Theridula opulenta | a cobweb spider |
| | Tidarren sisyphoides | a cobweb spider |
| | Yunohamella lyrica | a cobweb spider |
| | Argyrodes pluto | a dewdrop spider |
| | Thymoites marxi | a cobweb spider |
| Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Mecaphesa asperata | Northern crab spider |
| | Mecaphesa celer | Swift crab spider |
| | Misumena vatia | goldenrod crab spider |
| | Synema parvulum | a crab spider |
| | Tmarus angulatus | a crab spider |
| | Xysticus ferox | a ground crab spider |
| | Mecaphesa sp. 1 | a crab spider |
| No Colloquial Name | TRACHELIDAE | Trachelas unidentified species | cuspuled spiders |
| Cribellate Orb Weavers | ULOBORIDAE | Hyptiotes cavatus | Triangle web spider |
| | Uloborus glomosus | featherlegged orbweaver |
| No Colloquial Name | VAEJOVIDAE | Vaejovis carolinianus | Southern Unstriped Scorpion |