50 species for Watauga County |
| Colloquial | family | sciName | comName |
|---|
| Funnel Weavers | AGELENIDAE | Agelenopsis pennsylvanica | a grass spider |
| Hacklemesh Weavers | AMAUROBIIDAE | Cybaeopsis armipotens | a hackledmesh weaver |
| Ghost Spiders | ANYPHAENIDAE | Anyphaena pectorosa | a ghost spider |
| Orb Weavers | ARANEIDAE | Araneus marmoreus | Marbled orbweaver |
| | Araneus nordmanni | an orbweaver |
| | Araneus saevus | an orbweaver |
| | Araniella displicata | Sixspotted orbweaver |
| | Argiope aurantia | yellow garden spider |
| | Neoscona arabesca | Arabesque orbweaver |
| No Colloquial Name | CICURINIDAE | Cicurina arcuata | a mesh web spider |
| Sac Spiders | CLUBIONIDAE | Clubiona abboti | a leafcurling sac spider |
| | Elaver excepta | a sac spider |
| No Colloquial Name | CYBAEIDAE | Cybaeus silicis | a cybaeid |
| Ground Spiders | GNAPHOSIDAE | Herpyllus ecclesiasticus | Parson spider |
| No Colloquial Name | HAHNIIDAE | Neoantistea magna | a comb-tailed spider |
| HYPOCHILIDAE | Hypochilus pococki - northeast clade | A Lampshade Spider |
| Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE | Ceraticelus fissiceps | a dwarf spider |
| | Lepthyphantes intricatus | |
| Wolf Spiders | LYCOSIDAE | Rabidosa rabida | Rabid Wolf Spider |
| No Colloquial Name | MICROHEXURIDAE | Microhexura montivaga | Spruce-fir Moss Spider |
| NEPHILIDAE | Trichonephila clavipes | Golden Silk orbweaver |
| 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 | Scotinella formica | |
| | Phrurotimpus palustris | a phrurolithid |
| SABACONIDAE | Sabacon cavicolens | |
| Jumping Spiders | SALTICIDAE | Maevia inclemens | Dimorphic jumping spider |
| | Pelegrina flavipes | a jumping spider |
| | Pelegrina galathea | peppered jumper |
| | Phidippus audax | Bold jumper, Daring jumping spider |
| | Zygoballus rufipes | hammerjawed jumper |
| | Maevia undescribed species B | Maevia undescribed species B |
| | Maevia undescribed species D | Maevia undescribed species D |
| No Colloquial Name | SCLEROSOMATIDAE | Leiobunum nigropalpi | |
| | Leiobunum ventricosum | |
| | Leiobunum vittatum | |
| | Nelima elegans | |
| TARACIDAE | Crosbycus dasycnemus | |
| Long-jawed Orb Weavers | TETRAGNATHIDAE | Leucauge venusta | orchard orbweaver |
| | Tetragnatha laboriosa | silver longjawed orbweaver |
| Cobweb Spiders | THERIDIIDAE | Asagena americana | Twospotted cobweb spider |
| | Latrodectus mactans | Southern black widow |
| | Phoroncidia americana | |
| | Theridion frondeum | a cobweb spider |
| | Enoplognatha ovata | Common Candy-striped Spider |
| Crab Spiders | THOMISIDAE | Misumena vatia | goldenrod crab spider |
| | Misumessus oblongus | a crab spider |