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MatBio: ARACHNIDS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Grass Spiders 1
Agelenopsis
Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
Dark Fishing Spider 2
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Six-spotted Fishing Spider 3
Dolomedes triton
Spinybacked Orbweaver 4
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Brown Widow 5
Latrodectus geometricus
southern black widow 6
Latrodectus mactans
Leucauge argyra. 7
Leucauge argyra
Orchard Orbweaver 8
Leucauge venusta
Lycosa carolinensis
Golden Silk Orb-weaver 9
Nephila clavipes
Green Lynx Spider 10
Peucetia viridans
Brown Daddy Long Legs 11
Phalangium opilio
Bold Jumper 12
Phidippus audax
Skull Spider 13
Pholcus phalangioides
False Black Widow
Steatoda grossa
Barn Funnel Weaver 14
Tegenaria domestica
Field Wolf spider 15
Rabidosa punctulata
Shoreline Wolf Spider
Arctosa littoralis
Nursery Web Spider 16
Pisaurina mira
Okefenokee Fishing Spider 17
Dolomedes okefinokensis
Whitebanded Fishing Spider
Dolomedes albineus
Regal Jumping Spider 18
Phidippus regius
Canopy Jumping Spider 19
Phidippus otiosus
Red Beauty Jumping Spider 19
Phidippus pulcherrimus
pantropical jumper 20
Plexippus paykulli
Red Velvet Jumper 21
Phidippus apacheanus
Gray Wall Jumper 22
Menemerus bivittatus
Twinflagged Jumping Spider 23
Anasaitis canosa
Pike's slender jumper 24
Marpissa pikei
Bronze Lake Jumper 25
Eris flava
Dimorphic Jumping Spider 23
Maevia inclemens
Magnolia Green Jumper 26
Lyssomanes viridis
Sylvana Jumping Spider
Thiodina sylvana
Antmimic Jumping Spider 23
Sarinda hentzi
Hentz Jumper
Hentzia mitrata
Hentz Jumper
Hentzia palmarum
Sac Spider 27
Cheiracanthium inclusum
Flower Crab Spider
Misumenops celer
Whitebanded Crab Spider 28
Misumenoides formosipes
Field Wolf Spider
Hogna lenta
striped lynx spider 29
Oxyopes salticus
Bark Lynx Spider 26
Hamataliwa grisea
yellow ghost spider 30
Hibana velox
Huntsman Spider 31
Heteropoda venatoria
Southern House Spider 32
Kukulcania hibernalis
Spitting Spider 33
Scytodes thoracica
Brown Recluse 34
Loxosceles reclusa
Giant Lichen Orbweaver 35
Araneus bicentenarius
humpbacked orbweaver 36
Eustala anastera
Spotted Orbweaver 37
Neoscona domiciliorum
Arrowhead Orbweaver 38
Verrucosa arenata
Starbellied Orbweaver 29
Acanthepeira stellata
Tropical Orbweaver Spider 18
Eriophora ravilla
basilica spider 39
Mecynogea lemniscata
Arrow-shaped Micrathena 40
Micrathena sagittata
Green Longjawed Orbweaver 41
Tetragnatha viridis
Pale Longjawed Orbweaver 42
Tetragnatha pallescens
Silvery Spider 43
Argyrodes nephilae
Bowl and Doily Spider 44
Frontinella pyramitela
Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver 39
Florinda coccinea
Filmy Dome Spider 45
Neriene radiata
Anelosimus studiosus 46
Abbot Purseweb Spider 47
Sphodros abboti
Reddlegged Purseweb Spider 48
Sphodros rufipes
Trapdoor Spider 49
Myrmekiaphila
Trapdoor Spiders 48
Ummidia
Featherlegged Orbweaver 50
Uloborus glomosus
Banded Garden Spider 51
Argiope trifasciata
Spiny Crowned Orbweaver 52
Micrathena gracilis
Bolas Spiders 53
Mastophora
Slender Brown Scorpion 54
Centruroides gracilis
Florida Hentz Striped Scorpion 26
Centruroides hentzi
Giant Whipscorpion 55
Mastigoproctus giganteus
Lone Star Tick 56
Amblyomma americanum
Dermacentor 57
Spider Mites 58
Tetranychus
Daddylonglegs (Harvestman) 59
Leiobunum
Tiger Wolf Spider 60
Hogna aspersa

Edited by matbio, and Jose Nunez

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