Ticks & Spiders (Arachnids) in North Carolina & Beyond
by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Nature Pages
Ticks (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida, Order Acari, Suborder Ixodides)
Harvestman, Daddy Longlegs (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida, Order Opiliones)
Spiders (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida, Order Aranae)
Tarantulas (Therophosidae)
Tarantulas
Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae)
Black Widow (Lactrodectus spp.)
False Widows (Steatoda spp.) NEW!! 6 July 2008
Orb Weavers (Araneidae, Argiopidae)
Micrathena Spiders (Micrathena spp.) 
Furrow Spiders (Larinioides spp.)
Neoscona Spiders (Neoscona spp.)
Areneus spp. orbweavers
Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
Silver-backed Argiope, Silver Argiope, Florida Argiope (Argiope florida) Updated!! 6 July 2008
Black and Yellow Argiope, Golden Garden Spider, Writing Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Golden Silk Spider, Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Various unidentified orbweavers
Longjawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae)
Orchard Spider, Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae)
Wolf Spiders
Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae)
Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae) NEW!! 19 June 2008
Nursery Web Spiders, Fishing Spiders (Pisauridae)
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina spp.)
Fishing Spider (Dolomedes spp.) Updated!! 6 July 2008
Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders (Thomisidae)
Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Golden Jumping Spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)
Green Jumping Spider (Lyssomanes viridis)
Unidentified Jumping Spiders
impaled spider updside-down on a leaf-tip!
Created on ... May 17, 2004 | jspippen@duke.edu
