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 NEW!! 19 Nov 2007
Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae)
Black Widow (Lactrodectus spp.)
Unidentified cobweb spider NEW!! 14 Mar 2008
Orb Weavers (Araneidae, Argiopidae)
Areneus spp. orbweavers NEW!! 20 Oct 2007
Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis) NEW!! 14 Oct 2007
Silver-backed Argiope, Silver Argiope, Florida Argiope (Argiope florida)
Black and Yellow Argiope, Golden Garden Spider, Writing Spider (Argiope aurantia) Updated 27 Aug 2007
Golden Silk Spider, Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Various unidentified orbweavers NEW 26 Oct 2007
Longjawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae)
Orchard Spider, Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae)
Wolf Spiders
Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae)
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) protecting egg sac - Chatham Co., NC 24 Sep 05
Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae)
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina sp.) Updated!! 19 Apr 2008
Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp.) - Orange Co., NC 17 July 05
Another Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp.) - Richmond Co., NC 7 Oct 07 NEW!! 9 Oct 2007
Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders (Thomisidae)
Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Green Jumping Spider (Lyssomanes viridis)
Unidentified Jumping Spiders 
impaled spider updside-down on a leaf-tip!
Created on ... May 17, 2004 | jspippen@duke.edu
