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