Araneomorphae
[edit] Family Agelenidae
[edit] Genus Agelenopsis
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Agelenopsis sp. female
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Agelenopsis sp. male, 17 mm. (about 3/4 inch)
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Same, showing elaborate pedipalps
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Same, from the side.
[edit] Genus Agelena
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Agelena limbata
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Agelena opulenta, Chiba, Japan
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Agelena labyrinthica
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Agelena labyrinthica shelter
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probably A. labyrinthica
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A. labyrinthica
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A. labyrinthica
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A. labyrinthica
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In Latvia |A. labyrinthica
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A. labyrinthica in Croatia
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A. labyrinthica in Croatia
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A. labyrinthica in Croatia
[edit] Genus Tegenaria
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Tegenaria atrica
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Tegenaria atrica (Große Winkelspinne)
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Tegenaria domestica, female
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Tegenaria domestica, female
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Tegenaria domestica, female
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Tegenaria agrestis (male)
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Tegenaria agrestis (female)
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Tegenaria gigantea
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Tegenaria gigantea
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Tegenaria gigantea
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Tegenaria gigantea
[edit] Family Amaurobiidae
[edit] Genus Pimus
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Pimus sp.
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[edit] Family Anyphaenidae
[edit] Genus Aysha
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Sac spider (Aysha velox)
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Male Aysha velox
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[edit] Family Araneidae
[edit] Genus Calaenia
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Bird dropping spider (Celaenia excavata)
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several egg cases (Celaenia excavata)
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several egg cases (Celaenia excavata)
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several egg cases (Celaenia excavata)
[edit] Genus Gasteracantha
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From India genus: Gasteracantha species: unidentified
[edit] Genus Araneus
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Araneus marmoreus
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Araneus marmoreus
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Araneus marmoreus
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Araneus diadematus
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Araneus diadematus vs. Vespula
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Araneus diadematus vs. Vespula
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Araneus diadematus
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Araneus diadematus
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Araneus diadematus
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Araneus alsine
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Araneus diadematus
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Araneus diadematus?
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[edit] Genus Araniella
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from below
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female
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spiderling
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web
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male
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Araniella displicata, adult female
[edit] Genus Argiope
[edit] Undetermined species
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untitled
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untitled
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Argiope
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A. argentata, or A. blanda
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From India genus: Argiope, species: unidentified
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Argiope?
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Argiope?
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Argiope?
[edit] Argiope aetherea
[edit] Argiope amoena
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[edit] Argiope appensa
[edit] Argiope argentata
Pictures can be found on en:Argiope argentata and should be moved here.
[edit] Argiope aurantia
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ventral aspect, N. Carolina, USA
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N. Carolina, USA
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N. Carolina, USA
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N. Carolina, USA
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from Georgia, USA; drinking its prey
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probably from Texas
[edit] Argiope bruennichi
[edit] Argiope keyserlingi
[edit] Argiope lobata
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Argiope lobata, photographed near Barkai, Israel
[edit] Argiope nordmanni
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A. nordmanni
[edit] Argiope pulchella
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Argiope pulchella, from Bangalore, India
[edit] Argiope trifasciata
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female dorsal
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female ventral
[edit] Genus Araniella
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Araniella sp. (?)
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Araniella sp.
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Araniella opisthographa
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Map of the distribution of Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina (female)
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Araniella cucurbitina (spiderling)
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Web of Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella cucurbitina
[edit] Family Clubionidae
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Clubiona trivialis
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Clubiona trivialis
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Clubiona trivialis
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Distribution of the Clubionidae
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Distribution of Clubiona trivialis
[edit] Family Ctenidae
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Distribution of the Ctenidae
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Pattern of the eyes of Acanthoctenus remotus
[edit] Family Deinopidae
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Distribution of the Deinopidae
[edit] Genus Deinopis
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Distribution of Deinopsis subrufa
[edit] Family Desidae
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Distribution of the Desidae
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Distribution of Phryganoporus candidus
[edit] Genus Badumna
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Badumna insignis (Black window spider)
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[edit] Family Dictynidae
[edit] Genus Nigma
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Nigma walckenaeri
[edit] Family Filistatidae
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Filistatid web
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[edit] Family Hersiliidae
[edit] Genus Callobius
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Callobius sp.
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Callobius sp. on a redwood tree
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[edit] Family Homalonychidae
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Homalonychus species (USA)
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Homalonychus with eggsac (USA)
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[edit] Family Hypochilidae
[edit] Genus Hypochilus
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Hypochilus web
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post-copulatory mate guarding
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Hypochilus petrunkevitchi in northern California
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Hypochilus thorelli
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[edit] Family Tetragnathidae
[edit] Genus Tetragnatha
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long-jawed Orb weaver
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Tetragnatha montana
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Tetragnatha sp.
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long-jawed orb weaver
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Tetragnatha viridourfa
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Tetragnatha sp.
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Tetragnatha sp.
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Tetragnatha sp.
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Pair of Tetragnatha extensa
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Pair of Tetragnatha extensa
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Tetragnatha extensa (female)
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Tetragnatha extensa web
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Tetragnatha montana
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Tetragnatha striata
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Tetragnatha striata web
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[edit] Genus Leucauge
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Leucauge venusta
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Leucauge tessellata (?) from Wayanad, southern India.Leucauge tessellata (?)
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Leucauge venusta
[edit] Genus Nephila
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Nephila sp. Germany?
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Nephila sp.
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Nephila sp.
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Nephila species
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Golden Orb Weavers (Nephila sp.) in Parque Nacional Corcovado, a female in the foreground and a male in the background.
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Nephila clavipes weaving
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Nephila clavipes (?) Chiapas, Mexico
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Nephila inaurata
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Nephila inaurata
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Nephila inaurata nest
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Nephila nigra, probably the same species
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Nephila inaurata (1)
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Nephila inaurata (2)
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Nephila inaurata (3)
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difference of size between sexes
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Seidenspinne aus Gambia (Abuko Nature Reserve)
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Nephila sp. from Appalachia (USA)
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Nephila clavata, Place:Osaka-fu Japan
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Nephila clavata, Place:Osaka-fu Japan
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Nephila in Japan
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Nephila clavata, L. KOCH. a specie of spider in Japan
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from Brisbane (Bardon), Australia
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A spider from Taichung, Taiwan
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Distribution of Nephila edulis
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Nephila sp. Seychelles
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Nephila, ventral, female
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[edit] Genus Metellina
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Metellina mengei
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Metellina species
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Metellina species
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female
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male
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Metellina segmentata, from the forest of Ratingen, Germany
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[edit] Family Linyphiidae
[edit] Genus unknown
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Linyphiidae
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Linyphiidae
[edit] Genus Frontinella
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Frontinella pyramitela
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Frontinella sp.
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close-up
[edit] Genus Florinda
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Eyes)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Eyes)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Diagram of eyes.)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Chelicerae)
[edit] Family Loxoscelidae
[edit] Genus Loxoceles
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Loxoceles reclusa, Brown recluse
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Loxosceles reclusa (Center for Disease Control photo)
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Loxoceles reclusa, Brown recluse
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Distribution of Loxosceles reclusa
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Loxosceles laeta (South America)
[edit] Family Lycosidae
[edit] Diagrams, maps
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Map of the distribution of the Lycosidae
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Map of the distribution of Arctosa cinerea
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World distribution of Adelocosa anops
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Diagram showing the cephalothorax of a typical wolf spider
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Image of the main body parts of a (wolf) spider. 1. Egg sac, 2. Chelicerae, 3. Pedipalps
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Diagram of typical eye pattern of the Lycosidae
[edit] Genus unknown
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Germany. Pardosa (?) species?
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Germany. Pardosa (?) species?
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Northern Europe? Species ?
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Mother wolf spider--her back is carpeted with hundreds of babies.
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Lycosid with door on burrow.
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Another lycosid with door on burrow.
[edit] Genus Arctosa
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Arctosa cinerea
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European (Lithuania?) species unidentified.
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Arctosa sp. (resembles A. leopardus)
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Same spider, different view.
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From North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Length is approx. 15 mm.
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or about .75 inches
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These pictures are of one female.
[edit] Genus Geolycosa
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Wolf spider
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Wolf Spider defending its egg sac
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Wolf spider in a tunnel
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Female with its egg sac
[edit] Genus Hogna
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Hogna species (probably helluo) showing clearly the characteristic hogna eye pattern. The bottom row of four eyes is slightly wider than the middle row of eyes.
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Hogna helluo
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Hogna helluo
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Hogna helluo, male
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Hogna frondicola
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Hogna carolinensis -- distinguished from H. helluo by having a matte black venter.
[edit] Genus Lycosa
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Lycosa tarantula, the original "tarantula." Note the babies riding on her abdomen.
[edit] Genus Pardosa
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female Pardosa agricola
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female Pardosa agricola with egg sac, on water
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male Pardosa agricola
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female Pardosa amentata with egg sac
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female Pardosa amentata with spiderlings
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male and female Pardosa amentata
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female Pardosa hortensis
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male Pardosa hortensis
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Pardosa hortensis with spiderlings
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Pardosa lugubris couple
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female Pardosa lugubris
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male Pardosa lugubris
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Pardosa lugubris with egg case
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female Pardosa pullata
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Pardosa pullata with egg sac
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Pardosa pullata with spiderlings
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female Pardosa sphagnicola with egg sac
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male Pardosa sphagnicola
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Pardosa sphagnicola with spiderlings
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Unidentified Pardosa species
[edit] Genus Peucetia
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Peucetia viridans
[edit] Genus Oxyopes
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Oxyopes sertatus
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Oxyopes sertatus
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Oxyopes salticus, male, 4mm
[edit] Genus Rabidosa
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Rabidosa, punctulata (?). Note two black front legs. Pedipalps are lighter than shown in this photograph.
[edit] Genus Sosippus
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Dorsal view of color pattern of Sosippus minus (female)
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Dorsal view of color pattern of Sosippus minus (gravid female)
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Dorsal view of color pattern Sosippus texanus
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Dorsal view of color pattern of Sosippus plutonus
[edit] Family Miturgidae
[edit] Genus Cheiracanthium punctorium
[edit] Family Philodromidae
[edit] Genus Philodromus
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Philodromus sp.
[edit] Family Pisauridae
[edit] Genus Dolomedes
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Dolomedes fimbriatus
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Dolomedes fimbriatus (?)
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Dolomedes scriptus
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Dolomedes, female, New Zealand
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male, waiting on water for prey, New Zealand
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Dolomedes female Water Spider sitting on the water waiting for prey
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Dolomedes, male Water Spider sitting on the water waiting for prey
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with egg sac
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New Zealand, Makarora Valley, New Zealand
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(male), a fishing spider, photographed in the Superstition Wilderness, Arizona, USA
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Dolomedes fimbriatus, male, near Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
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temp a
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temp b
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temp c
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Raft spider Dolomedes fimbriatus lurking on the water in Kirchwerder, Hamburg.
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female, near Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
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Dolomedes fimbriatus, at water, on bulrushes, mother with spiderlings, eating
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Dolomedes fimbriatus (female with juvenile spiders)
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Dolomedes fimbriatus (female with juvenile spiders)
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from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
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female Dolomedes fimbriatus from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
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female Dolomedes fimbriatus with egg sac, from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes.
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Dolomedes fimbriatus on Menyanthes trifoliata from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes WWWW
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male Dolomedes fimbriatus from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
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guarding nursery tent, from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
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Female, sitting on a human hand.
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Raft Spider. Note how it is feeling the water surface with its front legs, waiting to nab insects or even small fish.
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2 from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
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young of Dolomedes fimbriatus from Comanster, Belgian High Ardennes.
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Dolomedes fimbriatus guarding nursery tent, from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
[edit] Genus Pisaura
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Pisaura mirabilis
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Pisaura mirabilis
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Pisaura mirabilis
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Pisaura mirabilis dans une fleur de Gazania
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Pisaura sp. apparently from somewhere in Spain.
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Pisaura mirabilis
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Pisaura sp. Male, 17mm. Probably P. mira or P. brevipes
[edit] Family Pholcidae
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Spermophora senoculata, male
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Spermophora senoculata, male
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Spermophora senoculata, male
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Spermophora senoculata, male
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Spermophora senoculata, male
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Spermophora senoculata, male
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|Spermophora senoculata, male
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Phlocus sp.
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Phlocus sp. with eggs
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daddy long-legs spider
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NRW/Germany
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NRW/Germany
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NRW/Germany
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[edit] Family Salticidae
[edit] Genus Evarcha
[edit] Trite
[edit] Genus Habronattus
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Habronattus tarsalis
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[edit] Genus Hasarius
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adult male
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adult male
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adult male front
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adult male top
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retreat of adult
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Male
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juvenile
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adult female, front visible
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adult female from behind
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adult female from the side
[edit] Genus Heliophanus
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Heliophanus cupreus
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Heliophanus cupreus
[edit] Genus Holoplatys
[edit] Genus Myrmarachne
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Ant mimic spider (genus Myrmarachne) from India
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from Japan, Myrmarachne japonica (?)
[edit] Genus Salticus
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Salticus scenicus 1
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Salticus scenicus 2
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Salticus scenicus 3
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Salticus scenicus f1
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Salticus scenicus f2
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Salticus scenicus f3
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Salticus scenicus f4
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Salticus scenicus f5
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Salticus scenicus f6
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Salticus scenicus f7
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preying on Sitticus pubescens
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[edit] Genus Sitticus
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Sitticus pubescens
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Sitticus pubescens
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Sitticus pubescens
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[edit] Genus Platycryptus
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Platycryptus undatus exploring a human thumb
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Platycryptus undatus 1
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Platycryptus undatus 2
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Platycryptus undatus 3
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Platycryptus undatus female
[edit] Genus Marpissa
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Marpissa muscosa
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Marpissa muscosa
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Marpissa muscosa
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[edit] Genus Phidippus
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Phidippus audax (1) 10 mm. Female. She keeps a watchful eye on the photographer.
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Phidippus audax (2) Note "lifeline" that protects her from falling.
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Phidippus audax (3) These spiders are capable of giving defensive bites.
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Female Phidippus johnsani (?) 14 mm.
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Large, slow moving, and attractive, some are bright red and may tempt children.
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These spiders will give defensive bites.
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If she is not johnsoni she is ardens. For experts, here is her epigynum.
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Close-up view.
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Phidippus octopunctatis, perhaps the largest U.S. jumping spider.
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This female is 16 mm. long. She is very slow moving.
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Quite calm and unobtrusive, these spiders may give defensive bites.
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Phidippus whitmani(?) Calm but active, she seems not to fear the photographer.
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Phidippus workmani(?) 10 mm. She is shy and wary.
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Phidippus workmani(?) facing the camera
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Phidippus workmani(?) orienting cephalothorax upward toward camera
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Phidippus audax?
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mystaceus
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filename?
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filename?
[edit] Genus Paraphidippus
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Paraphidippus aurantius
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Paraphidippus aurantius
[edit] Genus Siler
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Siler_cupreus
[edit] Unsorted
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Sandalodes
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001
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cre cra
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[edit] Family Scytodidae
[edit] Genus Scytodes
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Scytodes thoracica
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[edit] Family Selenopidae
[edit] Genus Selenops
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Selenops australiensis
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[edit] Family Sicariidae
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Six-eyed sand spider (Sicarius sp.)
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Male depositing sperm onto sperm web
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Male taking sperm up into his pedipalps
[edit] Family Sparassidae
[edit] Genus Heteropoda
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Huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) eating a cricket
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The same spider is carrying an empty egg case.
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Ventral aspect, showing epigynum and spinnerets.
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Heteropoda maxima
[edit] Genus Micrommata
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Micrommata virescens
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[edit] Genus Nesticus
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Male Nesticus sp.
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Female Nesticus sp.
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[edit] Genus Pimus
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Pimus sp.
[edit] Genus Cryphoeca
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Cryphoeca silvicola, female
[edit] Genus unknown
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Huntsman spider on the underside of a log
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The multiple eyes and hairy body of a Huntsman Spider
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Olios (?) sp. from Australia (?)
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Olios (?) sp.
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Olios (?) sp. from Australia. (Misidentified by the photographer as a wolf spider.)
[edit] Family Tetragnathidae
[edit] Genus Tetragnatha
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Tetragnatha montana
[edit] Genus Metellina
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Metellina mengei
[edit] Family Thomisidae
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Crab spider (genus unspecified) with prey
[edit] Genus Misumena
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Misumena vatia, head close up
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Misumena vatia, hiding in the shadow
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Misumena vatia, hiding in the shadow, close up
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Misumena vatia, 5x Magnification
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Misumena vatia, a kind of crab spider
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Misumena vatia (male)
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[edit] Genus Diaea
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[edit] Genus Runcinia
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Runcinia acuminata on ribwort plant
[edit] Genus Thomisus
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Thomisus labefactus, Kobe, Japan
[edit] Genus Xysticus
[edit] Family Theridiidae
[edit] Genus Achaearanea
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Achaearanea tepidariorum
[edit] Genus Enoplognatha
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Enoplognatha ovata (?) female, body length 2mm
[edit] Genus Theridion
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Theridion attritum female, dorsal abdomen
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Theridion attritum female, ventral abdomen
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Theridion tepidariorum female with egg sac
[edit] Genus Latrodectus
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Latrodectus hesperus (?) California, USA
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Latrodectus hasselti, Australia
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Latrodectus hasselti, Australia
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Latrodectus hesperus with egg sac (Photo from University of California at Riverside)
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Latrodectus hesperus immature female
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Latrodectus hesperus
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Latrodectus lilianae
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Latrodectus lilianae
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Latrodectus
[edit] Species mactans
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Latrodectus mactans
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L. Mactans, Dorsal view 1 Note that the red dot is formed by this spider's spinerettes. (North Carolina, USA)
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L. Mactans, Dorsal view 2 The "trademark" hourglass figure is not visible. (NC, USA)
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L. Mactans, Dorsal view 3 This spider has an egg sac about the size of her abdomen. It it not visible in this picture.(NC, USA)
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L. Mactans, In this picture, the black widow's characteristic red hourglass is clearly visible.(NC, USA)
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L. Mactans, This spider has caught an insect in her web, has wrapped it in silk, and will soon eat it.(NC, USA)
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Latrodectus sp., North Carolina, USA.
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Latrodectus mactans
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Latrodectus mactans
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Latrodectus mactans
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Latrodectus mactans
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Latrodectus mactans
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[edit] Species tredecimgutttus
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Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - young female Europe, Croatia
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Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - male Europe, Croatia
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Latrodectus curacaviensis female, dorsal
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Latrodectus curacaviensis female, ventral
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Latrodectus bishopi mating position,lateral
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Latrodectus bishopi mating position, ventral
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Distribution of Latrodectus indistinctus
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Distribution of Latrodectus karooensis
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Latrodectus mactans spiderling development (Cuzco)
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Latrodectus mactans spiderling development (Lima)
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Abdominal markings of Latrodectus sp. from northern Argentina
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[edit] Genus Steatoda
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Steatoda bipunctata
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Steatoda grossa (male)
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Steatoda iheringi female, dorsal depiction of the abdomen
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[edit] Genus Phoneutria
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Phoneutria nigriventer. WARNING: This and other species of the genus Phoneutria are extremely venomous and should generally *not* be handled.
[edit] Genus unclassified
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Garden spider
Dallas, Texas
[edit] Pictures (mostly from Japan) need labels
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Eriovixia sakiedaorum female
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Eriovixia sakiedaorum female
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Achaearanea japonica female
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Achaearanea japonica male
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Achaearanea japonica web
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Achaearanea projectivulva female
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Achaearanea projectivulva female
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Achaearanea projectivulva nest
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Achaearanea ryukyu female
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Achaearanea ryukyu female
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Achaearanea ryukyu male
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Achaearanea tepidariorum female
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Achaearanea tepidariorum male
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Acusilas coccineus female
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Acusilas coccineus male
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Acusilas coccineus web
