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Common Spiders of North Carolina (WEB builders)
B. Bockhahn 2012
Funnel Web Spider Agelenopsis sp.
Filmy Dome Spider Prolinyphia marginata
Bowl and Doily Spider Frotinella communis
FUNNEL WEB
SHEET/ COBWEB
CIRCULAR (ORB) WEB
Web in bushes
Web in hiding
Very long legs
Smaller legs
Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides
Harvestman :not a spider
Black Widow Latrodectus sp.
False Black Widow Steatoda grossa
Arrow-head Spider Verrucosa arenata
Irregular shaped
abdomen
Round abdomen
Some yellow No yellow
Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis
Arrowhead Micrathena Micrathena
sagittata White Micrathena M. mitrata
Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus
Black & Yellow Argiope Argiope aurantia
Venusta Orchard Spider Leucage venusta
Giant Lichen Orbweaver
Araneus bicentarius
Furrow Orbweaver Larionoides
cornutus
Lined Orbweaver Mangora gibberosa
Banded Argiope Argiope trifasciata
Common House Spider
Achaearanea tepidariorum
Humpbacked Orbweaver
Eustala anastera
Arabesque Orbweaver
Neoscona arabesca
Spotted Forest Orbweaver Neoscona
domiciliorum
Rusty-red Neoscona Neoscona crucifera
Spiny-backed Orbweaver
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Leafy Cobweb Weaver Theridion frondeum
Common Spiders of North Carolina (non-WEB builders)
ON DWELLING NEAR WATER
ON PLANT
ON GROUND
White Sac Spider Elaver excepta
Brown Recluse Loxosceles reclusa
Parson Spider Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Carolina Wolf Spider Hogna carolinensis
Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus
Shore thin-legged Wolf Spider Pardosa milvina
Large size Small
Green leaves
On flower
Jumping Spiders
Southern House Spider Kukulcania hibernalis
Six-spotted Fishing Spider
Dolomedes triton
Lance Wolf Spider Schizocosa avida
Rabid Wolf Spider Rabidosa rabida
Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans
Delightful Ant-mimic Castianeira amoena
Southern Trapdoor Spider
Ummidia sp.
Forest Wolf Spider Schizocosa crassipes
Nursery Web Spider Pisaurina mira
White-banded Crab Spider Misumenoides formosipes
Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia
M F
Tan Crab Spider Xysticus ferox
Bold Jumper Phidippus audax
Tan Jumper Platycyptus
undatus
Red-backed Jumper Phidippus clarus
Longjawed Jumper Hentzia palmarum
Bronze Jumper Eris militaris
Orange Jumper Paraphidippus
aurantis
Regal Jumper Phidippus regius
Hentzia mitrata