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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-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
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-
40 species for
Watauga County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Funnel Weavers
AGELENIDAE
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica
a grass spider
Hacklemesh Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE
Cybaeopsis armipotens
a hacklemesh weaver
Ghost Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE
Anyphaena pectorosa
a ghost spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Araneus nordmanni
an orbweaver
Araneus saevus
an orbweaver
Araniella displicata
Sixspotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia
yellow garden spider
Neoscona arabesca
Arabesque orbweaver
Trichonephila clavipes
Golden Silk orbweaver
Hypsosinga funebris
an orbweaver
Sac Spiders
CLUBIONIDAE
Clubiona abboti
a leafcurling sac spider
No Colloquial Name
CYBAEIDAE
Cybaeus silicis
a cybaeid
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Parson spider
No Colloquial Name
HAHNIIDAE
Cicurina arcuata
a mesh web spider
Neoantistea magna
a comb-tailed spider
HYPOCHILIDAE
Hypochilus pococki - northeast clade
A Lampshade Spider
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LINYPHIIDAE
Lepthyphantes intricatus
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Rabidosa rabida
Rabid wolf spider
No Colloquial Name
MICROHEXURIDAE
Microhexura montivaga
a tiny funnelweb spider
Scaffold Web Spiders
NESTICIDAE
Nesticus carolinensis
Linville Caverns Spider
No Colloquial Name
PHALANGIIDAE
Odiellus nubivagus
Odiellus pictus
Armoured harvestmen
PHALANGODIDAE
Theromaster brunneus
Running Crab Spiders
PHILODROMIDAE
Philodromus rufus
a running crab spider
No Colloquial Name
PHRUROLITHIDAE
Phrurotimpus palustris
a phrurolithid
SABACONIDAE
Sabacon cavicolens
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Maevia inclemens
Dimorphic jumping spider
Pelegrina flavipes
a jumping spider
Pelegrina galathea
peppered jumper
Zygoballus rufipes
Hammerjawed jumping spider
No Colloquial Name
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum nigropalpi
Leiobunum ventricosum
Leiobunum vittatum
Nelima elegans
TARACIDAE
Crosbycus dasycnemus
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Tetragnatha laboriosa
silver longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Asagena americana
Twospotted cobweb weaver
Latrodectus mactans
Southern black widow
Theridion frondeum
a cobweb spider
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Misumena vatia
Goldenrod crab spider