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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-
48 species for
Yancey County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Funnel Weavers
AGELENIDAE
Coras montanus
a funnel weaver
Coras taugynus
a funnel weaver
Wadotes calcaratus
a funnel weaver
Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANTRODIAETIDAE
Antrodiaetus unicolor
a foldingdoor spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Acanthepeira stellata
Star-bellied orb weaver
Araneus marmoreus
Marbled orbweaver
Larinioides cornutus
Furrow orbweaver
No Colloquial Name
CADDIDAE
Caddo agilis
CHTHONIIDAE
Kleptochthonius crosbyi
CYBAEIDAE
Cryphoeca montana
a comb-tailed spider
Calymmaria persica
a basket-web weaver
Ground Spiders
GNAPHOSIDAE
Zelotes duplex
a ground spider
No Colloquial Name
HALONOPROCTIDAE
Ummidia unidentified species
a corklid trapdoor spider
HYPOCHILIDAE
Hypochilus pococki
A Lampshade Spider
Hypochilus sheari
A Lampshade Spider
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LINYPHIIDAE
Ceraticelus alticeps
a dwarf spider
Ceratinella brunnea
a dwarf spider
Ceratinops carolinus
a dwarf spider
Bathyphantes pallidus
a sheetweb weaver
No Colloquial Name
MICROHEXURIDAE
Microhexura montivaga
a tiny funnelweb spider
NEOBISIIDAE
Novobisium carolinense
Scaffold Web Spiders
NESTICIDAE
Nesticus crosbyi
a cave cobweb spider
Nesticus gertschi
a cave cobweb spider
Nesticus templetoni
a cave cobweb spider
Nesticus canei
a cave cobweb weaver
No Colloquial Name
PHALANGIIDAE
Odiellus nubivagus
Odiellus pictus
Opilio parietinus
Armoured harvestmen
PHALANGODIDAE
Bishopella laciniosa
Theromaster brunneus
Nursery Web Spiders
PISAURIDAE
Pisaurina mira
nursery web spider
No Colloquial Name
SABACONIDAE
Sabacon cavicolens
Sabacon mitchelli
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Eris militaris
Bronze jumping spider
Chinattus parvulus
a jumping spider
No Colloquial Name
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum calcar
Leiobunum ventricosum
Nelima elegans
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Leucauge venusta
orchard orbweaver
Meta ovalis
Cave longjawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha elongata
a longjawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha laboriosa
silver longjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Robertus riparius
a cobweb spider
Theridion frondeum
a cobweb spider
Ray Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE
Theridiosoma gemmosum
Ray spider
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Misumessus oblongus
a crab spider
Armoured harvestmen
TRIAENONYCHIDAE
Fumontana deprehendor
No Colloquial Name
VAEJOVIDAE
Vaejovis carolinianus
Southern Unstriped Scorpion