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Araneomorphae

infraorder of arachnids
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Cladus: Ecdysozoa • Phylum: Arthropoda • Cladus: Arachnomorpha • Subphylum: Chelicerata • Classis: Arachnida • Ordo: Araneae • Subordo: Araneomorphae

Family Agelenidae edit

Genus Agelenopsis edit

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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.

Genus Agelena edit

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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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    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

Genus Tegenaria edit

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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

Family Amaurobiidae edit

Genus Pimus edit

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    Pimus sp.

Family Anyphaenidae edit

Genus Hibana edit

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    Sac spider (Hibana velox)
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    Male Hibana velox

Family Araneidae edit

Genus Calaenia edit

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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)

Genus Gasteracantha edit

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    From India Gasteracantha dalyi

Genus Araneus edit

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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?

Genus Araniella edit

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    Araniella displicata, adult female

Genus Argiope edit

Undetermined species edit
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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?
Argiope aetherea edit
Argiope amoena edit
Argiope appensa edit
Argiope argentata edit

Pictures can be found on en:Argiope argentata and should be moved here.

Argiope aurantia edit
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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
Argiope bruennichi edit
Argiope keyserlingi edit
Argiope lobata edit
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    Argiope lobata, photographed near Barkai, Israel
Argiope nordmanni edit
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    A. nordmanni
Argiope pulchella edit
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    Argiope pulchella, from Bangalore, India
Argiope trifasciata edit
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    female dorsal
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    female ventral

Genus Araniella edit

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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

Family Clubionidae edit

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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

Family Ctenidae edit

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    Distribution of the Ctenidae
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    Pattern of the eyes of Acanthoctenus remotus

Family Deinopidae edit

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    Distribution of the Deinopidae

Genus Deinopis edit

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    Distribution of Deinopsis subrufa

Family Desidae edit

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    Distribution of the Desidae
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    Distribution of Phryganoporus candidus

Genus Badumna edit

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    Badumna insignis (Black window spider)

Family Dictynidae edit

Genus Nigma edit

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    Nigma walckenaeri

Family Filistatidae edit

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    Filistatid web

Family Hersiliidae edit

Genus Callobius edit

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    Callobius sp.
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    Callobius sp. on a redwood tree

Family Homalonychidae edit

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    Homalonychus species (USA)
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    Homalonychus with eggsac (USA)

Family Hypochilidae edit

Genus Hypochilus edit

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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

Family Tetragnathidae edit

Genus Tetragnatha edit

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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

Genus Leucauge edit

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    Leucauge venusta
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    Leucauge tessellata (?) from Wayanad, southern India.Leucauge tessellata (?)

Genus Nephila edit

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    Nephila sp. Germany?
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    Nephila sp.
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    Nephila sp.
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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 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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    Red-legged golden orb-web spider, Nephila inaurata. Takamaka forest, Reunion island.
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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

Genus Metellina edit

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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

Family Linyphiidae edit

Genus unknown edit

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    Linyphiidae
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    Linyphiidae

Genus Frontinella edit

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    Frontinella pyramitela
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    close-up

Genus Florinda edit

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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.)

Family Loxoscelidae edit

Genus Loxoceles edit

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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)

Family Lycosidae edit

Diagrams, maps edit

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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

Genus unknown edit

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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.

Genus Arctosa edit

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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.

Genus Geolycosa edit

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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

Genus Hogna edit

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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.

Genus Lycosa edit

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    Lycosa tarantula, the original "tarantula." Note the babies riding on her abdomen.

Genus Pardosa edit

English: Thin-legged wolf spiders. (In Greek, Lycos → wolf, Pardos → panther)

Genus Peucetia edit

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    Peucetia viridans

Genus Oxyopes edit

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    Oxyopes sertatus
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    Oxyopes sertatus
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    Oxyopes salticus, male, 4mm

Genus Rabidosa edit

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    Rabidosa rabida. Note two black front legs. Pedipalps are lighter than shown in this photograph.

Genus Sosippus edit

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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

Family Miturgidae edit

Genus Cheiracanthium punctorium edit

Family Philodromidae edit

Genus Philodromus edit

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    Philodromus sp.

Family Pisauridae edit

Genus Dolomedes edit

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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
  • Dolomedes fimbriatus, at water, on bulrushes, mother with spiderlings, eating
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    Mature male of Dolomedes fimbriatus. The specimen was collected in the Leningrad Oblast.
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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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    8
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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

Genus Pisaura edit

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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

Family Pholcidae edit

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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

Family Salticidae edit

Genus Evarcha edit

Trite edit

Genus Habronattus edit

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    Habronattus tarsalis

Genus Hasarius edit

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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

Genus Heliophanus edit

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    Heliophanus cupreus
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    Heliophanus cupreus

Genus Holoplatys edit

Genus Myrmarachne edit

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    Ant mimic spider (genus Myrmarachne) from India
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    from Japan, Myrmarachne japonica (?)

Genus Salticus edit

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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

Genus Sitticus edit

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    Sitticus pubescens
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    Sitticus pubescens
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    Sitticus pubescens
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Genus Platycryptus edit

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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

Genus Marpissa edit

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    Marpissa muscosa
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    Marpissa muscosa
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    Marpissa muscosa
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Genus Phidippus edit

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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?

Genus Paraphidippus edit

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    Paraphidippus aurantius
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    Paraphidippus aurantius

Genus Siler edit

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    Siler_cupreus

Unsorted edit

Family Scytodidae edit

Genus Scytodes edit

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    Scytodes thoracica

Family Selenopidae edit

Genus Selenops edit

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    Selenops australiensis

Family Sicariidae edit

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    Male depositing sperm onto sperm web
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    Male taking sperm up into his pedipalps

Family Sparassidae edit

Genus Heteropoda edit

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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

Genus Micrommata edit

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    Micrommata virescens
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Genus Nesticus edit

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    Male Nesticus sp.
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    Female Nesticus sp.

Genus Pimus edit

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    Pimus sp.

Genus Cryphoeca edit

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    Cryphoeca silvicola, female

Genus unknown edit

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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.)

Family Tetragnathidae edit

Genus Tetragnatha edit

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    Tetragnatha montana

Genus Metellina edit

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    Metellina mengei

Family Thomisidae edit

Genus Misumena edit
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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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Genus Diaea edit
Genus Runcinia edit
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    Runcinia acuminata on ribwort plant
Genus Thomisus edit
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    Thomisus labefactus, Kobe, Japan
Genus Xysticus edit

Family Theridiidae edit

Genus Achaearanea edit

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    Achaearanea tepidariorum

Genus Enoplognatha edit

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    Enoplognatha ovata (?) female, body length 2mm

Genus Theridion edit

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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

Genus Latrodectus edit

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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
Species mactans edit
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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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Species tredecimgutttus edit
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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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Genus Steatoda edit

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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

Genus Phoneutria edit

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    Phoneutria nigriventer. WARNING: This and other species of the genus Phoneutria are extremely venomous and should generally *not* be handled.

Genus unclassified edit

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    Garden spider
    Dallas, Texas

Pictures (mostly from Japan) need labels edit

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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
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