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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-
45 species for
Wilkes County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Funnel Weavers
AGELENIDAE
Agelenopsis naevia
a grass spider
Ghost Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE
Wulfila saltabundus
a ghost spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Araneus marmoreus
Marbled orbweaver
Eustala cepina
an orbweaver
Eustala emertoni
an orbweaver
Larinioides cornutus
Furrow orbweaver
Mangora gibberosa
Lined orbweaver
Mangora spiculata
an orbweaver
Metepeira labyrinthea
Labyrinth orbweaver
Micrathena gracilis
spined Micrathena
Neoscona arabesca
Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera
a spotted orbweaver
Verrucosa arenata
an orb weaver
Trichonephila clavipes
Golden Silk orbweaver
Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE
Castianeira crocata
Red-spotted antmimic
Wandering Spiders
CTENIDAE
Anahita punctulata
a wandering spider
No Colloquial Name
CYBAEIDAE
Calymmaria persica
a basket-web weaver
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Zelotes unidentified species
No Colloquial Name
HAHNIIDAE
Cicurina arcuata
a mesh web spider
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LINYPHIIDAE
Ceraticelus similis
a dwarf spider
Frontinella pyramitela
bowl and doily weaver
Neriene radiata
Filmy dome spider
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Gladicosa gulosa
a wolf spider
Gladicosa pulchra
a wolf spider
Hogna lenta
Field wolf spider
Schizocosa avida
a wolf spider
No Colloquial Name
NEOBISIIDAE
Novobisium carolinense
Nursery Web Spiders
PISAURIDAE
Dolomedes scriptus
Striped fishing spider
Dolomedes triton
Six-spotted fishing spider
Pisaurina mira
nursery web spider
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Hentzia mitrata
a jumping spider
Colonus sylvanus
a jumping spider
Attulus fasciger
a jumping spider
No Colloquial Name
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum hoffmani
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Leucauge venusta
orchard orbweaver
Meta ovalis
Cave longjawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha laboriosa
silver longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Latrodectus variolus
Northern black widow
Theridion murarium
a cobweb spider
Thymoites marxi
a cobweb spider
Crustulina altera
a cobweb spider
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Synema parvulum
a crab spider
Xysticus elegans
Elegant crab spider
Xysticus fraternus
a ground crab spider
Cribellate Orb Weavers
ULOBORIDAE
Uloborus glomosus
Featherlegged orbweaver