Family Agelenidae [ edit ]
Genus Agelenopsis [ edit ]
Agelenopsis sp. male, 17 mm. (about 3/4 inch)
Same, showing elaborate pedipalps
Genus Agelena [ edit ]
Agelena opulenta, Chiba, Japan
Agelena labyrinthica shelter
A. labyrinthica in Croatia
A. labyrinthica in Croatia
A. labyrinthica in Croatia
Genus Tegenaria [ edit ]
Tegenaria atrica (Große Winkelspinne)
Tegenaria domestica , female
Tegenaria domestica , female
Tegenaria domestica , female
Tegenaria agrestis (male)
Tegenaria agrestis (female)
Family Amaurobiidae [ edit ]
Genus Pimus [ edit ]
Family Anyphaenidae [ edit ]
Genus Hibana [ edit ]
Sac spider (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 diadematus vs. Vespula
Araneus diadematus vs. Vespula
Genus Araniella [ edit ]
Araniella displicata, adult female
Genus Argiope [ edit ]
Undetermined species [ edit ]
A. argentata , or A. blanda
From India genus: Argiope, species: unidentified
Pictures can be found on en:Argiope argentata and should be moved here.
ventral aspect, N. Carolina, USA
from Georgia, USA; drinking its prey
Argiope lobata, photographed near Barkai, Israel
Argiope pulchella, from Bangalore, India
Genus Araniella [ edit ]
Map of the distribution of Araniella cucurbitina
Araniella cucurbitina (female)
Araniella cucurbitina (spiderling)
Web of Araniella cucurbitina
Family Clubionidae [ edit ]
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)
Family Dictynidae [ edit ]
Genus Nigma [ edit ]
Family Filistatidae [ edit ]
Family Hersiliidae [ edit ]
Genus Callobius [ edit ]
Callobius sp. on a redwood tree
Family Homalonychidae [ edit ]
Homalonychus species (USA)
Homalonychus with eggsac (USA)
Family Hypochilidae [ edit ]
Genus Hypochilus [ edit ]
post-copulatory mate guarding
Hypochilus petrunkevitchi in northern California
Family Tetragnathidae [ edit ]
Genus Tetragnatha [ edit ]
Pair of Tetragnatha extensa
Pair of Tetragnatha extensa
Tetragnatha extensa (female)
Genus Leucauge [ edit ]
Leucauge tessellata (?) from Wayanad, southern India.Leucauge tessellata (?)
Genus Nephila [ edit ]
Golden Orb Weavers (Nephila sp.) in Parque Nacional Corcovado, a female in the foreground and a male in the background.
Nephila clavipes (?) Chiapas, Mexico
Nephila nigra , probably the same species
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 clavata, L. KOCH. a specie of spider in Japan
from Brisbane (Bardon), Australia
A spider from Taichung, Taiwan
Distribution of Nephila edulis
Genus Metellina [ edit ]
Metellina segmentata, from the forest of Ratingen, Germany
Family Linyphiidae [ edit ]
Genus unknown [ edit ]
Genus Frontinella [ edit ]
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 ]
European (Lithuania?) species unidentified.
Arctosa sp. (resembles A. leopardus)
Same spider, different view.
From North Carolina, U.S.A.
These pictures are of one female.
Genus Geolycosa [ edit ]
Wolf Spider defending 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 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.
English: Thin-legged wolf spiders. (In Greek, Lycos → wolf , Pardos → panther )
Unidentified Pardosa species
Genus Peucetia [ edit ]
Genus Oxyopes [ edit ]
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 ]
Family Philodromidae [ edit ]
Genus Philodromus [ edit ]
Family Pisauridae [ edit ]
Genus Dolomedes [ edit ]
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
New Zealand, Makarora Valley, New Zealand
(male), a fishing spider, photographed in the Superstition Wilderness, Arizona, USA
Dolomedes fimbriatus, male, near Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
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
young of Dolomedes fimbriatus from Comanster, Belgian High Ardennes.
Dolomedes fimbriatus guarding nursery tent, from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
Genus Pisaura [ edit ]
Pisaura mirabilis dans une fleur de Gazania
Pisaura sp. apparently from somewhere in Spain.
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
|Spermophora senoculata, male
Family Salticidae [ edit ]
Genus Evarcha [ edit ]
Genus Habronattus [ edit ]
Genus Hasarius [ edit ]
adult female, front visible
adult female from the side
Genus Heliophanus [ edit ]
Genus Holoplatys [ edit ]
Genus Myrmarachne [ edit ]
Ant mimic spider (genus Myrmarachne ) from India
from Japan, Myrmarachne japonica (?)
Genus Salticus [ edit ]
Genus Sitticus [ edit ]
Genus Platycryptus [ edit ]
Platycryptus undatus exploring a human thumb
Platycryptus undatus female
Genus Marpissa [ edit ]
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.
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
Genus Paraphidippus [ edit ]
Genus Siler [ edit ]
Unsorted [ edit ]
Family Scytodidae [ edit ]
Genus Scytodes [ edit ]
Family Selenopidae [ edit ]
Genus Selenops [ edit ]
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.
Genus Micrommata [ edit ]
Genus Nesticus [ edit ]
Genus Pimus [ edit ]
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. from Australia. (Misidentified by the photographer as a wolf spider.)
Family Tetragnathidae [ edit ]
Genus Tetragnatha [ edit ]
Genus Metellina [ edit ]
Family Thomisidae [ edit ]
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
Genus Diaea [ edit ]
Genus Runcinia [ edit ]
Runcinia acuminata on ribwort plant
Genus Thomisus [ edit ]
Thomisus labefactus, Kobe, Japan
Genus Xysticus [ edit ]
Family Theridiidae [ edit ]
Genus Achaearanea [ edit ]
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
Species mactans [ edit ]
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.
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 iheringi female, dorsal depiction of the abdomen
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 ]
Eriovixia sakiedaorum female
Eriovixia sakiedaorum female
Achaearanea japonica female
Achaearanea japonica male
Achaearanea projectivulva female
Achaearanea projectivulva female
Achaearanea projectivulva nest
Achaearanea ryukyu female
Achaearanea ryukyu female
Achaearanea tepidariorum female
Achaearanea tepidariorum male
Acusilas coccineus female