Ticks & Spiders (Arachnids) in North Carolina & Beyond
by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Nature Pages
Mites (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida, Order Acari) NEW!! 23 May 2010
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.)
House Spiders (Achaearanea, Parasteatoda spp.)
Orb Weavers (Araneidae, Argiopidae)
Acanthepeira orbweaver spiders (Acanthepeira spp.)
Araneus orbweaver spiders (Araneus spp.)
Furrow Spiders (Larinioides spp.)
Mangora orbweaver spiders (Mangora spp.)
Micrathena Spiders (Micrathena spp.)
Neoscana orbweaver spiders (Neoscona spp.)
Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata) NEW!! 26 June 2011
Silver-backed Argiope, Florida Argiope (Argiope florida)
Black and Yellow Argiope, Golden Garden Spider, Writing Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Golden Silk Spider, Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Longjawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae)
Orchard Spider, Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae)
Wolf Spiders
Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae)
Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae)
Nursery Web Spiders, Fishing Spiders (Pisauridae)
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina spp.)
Fishing Spider (Dolomedes spp.)
Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders (Thomisidae)
Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Dimorphic Jumping Spider (Maevia inclemens)
Marpissa Jumping Spiders
Green Jumping Spider (Lyssomanes viridis)
Golden Jumping Spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)
Phidippus Jumping Spiders
Unidentified Jumping Spiders
impaled spider updside-down on a leaf-tip!
Created on ... May 17, 2004 | jspippen@duke.edu