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