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Spider identification by eye arrangement

4/27/2014

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Keys:

1. Family Lycosidae – the Wolf Spiders
2. Family Salticidae – the Jumping Spiders
3. Family Salticidae, genus Lyssomanes – the Magnolia Green Jumpers
4. Family Araneidae – the Orbweavers
5. Family Pisauridae, genus Dolomedes – the Fishing Spiders
6. Family Pisauridae, genus Pisaurina – the Nursery Web Spiders
7. Family Ctenidae – the Wandering Spiders
8. Family Oxyopidae – the Lynx Spiders
9. Family Philodromidae – the Running Crab Spiders
10. Family Dysderidae – the Woodlouse Hunters
11. Family Tetragnathidae, genus Tetragnatha – the Longjawed Orbweavers
12. Family Thomisidae, genus Xysticus – the Ground Crab Spiders
13. Family Agelenidae, genus Eratigena – the Funnel Weavers
14, Family Agelenidae, genus Agelenopsis – the Grass Spiders (aka Funnel Weavers)
15, Family Selenopidae, genus Selenops – the Flatties (aka Crab Spiders)
16. Family Sparassidae, genus Heteropoda – the Huntsman (aka Giant Crab Spiders)
17. Family Sparassidae, genus Olios – Giant Crab Spiders (aka Huntsman)
18. Family Sicariidae, genus Loxosceles – the Brown Spiders (includes the Brown Recluse)
19. Family Uloboridae, genus Hyptiotes – the Triangle Weavers
20. Family Zoropsidae, species Zoropsis spinimana – the False Wolf Spider
21. Family Deinopidae, species Deinopis spinosa – the Net-casting Spider (aka Ogre-faced Spider); note that the four other eyes are not visible from the front.
22. Family Diguetidae, genus Diguetia – the Desertshrub Spiders
23. Family Antrodiaetidae, genus Antrodiaetus – the Folding-door Spiders (aka Turret Spiders); these are primitive spiders (mygalomorphs).
24. Family Segestriidae – the Tube Web Spiders
25. Family Scytodidae – the Spitting Spiders

Source: http://www.spiders.us/articles/identification/ , Go ahead, BUG me
Artist: Mandy Howe
10 Comments
lizbeth
8/13/2014 05:05:03 am

y theridiidae???

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Thanks for your effort. Makes ID easier for a newbie like me
2/23/2015 09:17:00 am

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John Walker
5/26/2016 01:53:44 am

I would like a copy of this spider ident . I am having real bug issues . take a peek at my FB page . I just uploaded some very weird stuff . if you happen to recognize anything please let me know . I found this tiny thing on my bathroom counter . am using a X75-- X300 digital microscope . thanks John

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http://www.healthwhoop.com/camel-spider-bite/ link
10/8/2016 09:49:30 am

The camel spider is also known as a wind scorpion, sun spider, and wind spider. They are mostly found in the southwest U.S. and in southern Africa.

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Hubert
4/3/2021 10:11:44 am

Camel spiders aren't spiders though...nor are they scorpions. Their common names are a misnomer.
They differ from spiders and scorpions in having a distinct division between head and thorax, and 5 pairs of legs. They are still in the Arachnid class (just like spiders, scorpions, ticks etc.) but belonging to the seperate order Solifugae.
Unfortunately a lot of urban legends about camel spiders were spread by American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000's, and many of them still persisty today. Claims that theychew on you while you sleep, having a numbing venom, and being able to outrun a jeep, are all false. They aren't even venomous, and though fast, their top speed over land is about 10mph.
That website you linked appears to have not bothered to check its sources. The image claiming to be a camel spider bite is from the early 2000's, and was attributed to a hobo spider when I first saw it. The wound is typical of tissue necrosis resulting from a necrotizing spider venom, most likely from a brown recluse spider.

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Geonyzl Alviola
11/27/2017 09:42:58 am

Need some help to identify the spiders.

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Nansalmaa link
1/21/2020 01:43:46 am

nice

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Amy Castillo link
1/10/2021 10:50:11 pm

Hi thanks for sharing thiis

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Hubert
4/3/2021 09:48:54 am

No.12 looks like my cousin Elmer before he got his teeth fixed.

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Emily M link
7/6/2024 03:45:43 am

I really enjoyed your blog posts thank you

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