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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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.
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Geonyzl Alviola
11/27/2017 09:42:58 am
Need some help to identify the spiders.
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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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