A guide to the non-insect Ecdysozoans (Tardigrades, Nematodes, Spiders, Crustaceans, millipedes and centipedes) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

This is part of a larger guide to the ecdysozoans (those invertebrates that shed their outer cuticle). The ecdysozoans in this guide include the tardigrades (phylum Tardigrada), round worms (Phylum Nematoda), Spiders and relatives (Subphylum Chelicerata), Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea) and ...more ↓

Southern Black Widow 1
Latrodectus mactans
Western Black Widow 2
Latrodectus hesperus
Brown Widow 3
Latrodectus geometricus
Spinybacked Orbweaver 4
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Brown Recluse 5
Loxosceles reclusa
American Dog Tick 6
Dermacentor variabilis
Tropical Orbweaver 7
Eriophora ravilla
Bold Jumping Spider 8
Phidippus audax
Elongate Stilt Spider 12
Tetragnatha elongata
Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver 13
Tetragnatha laboriosa
Eastern Black-legged Tick 14
Ixodes scapularis
Long-bodied Cellar Spider 15
Pholcus phalangioides
Yellow Garden Spider 16
Argiope aurantia
Banded Garden Spider 17
Argiope trifasciata
Gray Wall Jumping Spider 18
Menemerus bivittatus
Woodlouse Spider 19
Dysdera crocata
Long-palped Ant-mimic Sac Spider 20
Castianeira longipalpa
Triangulate Combfoot 19
Steatoda triangulosa
Tan Jumping Spider 21
Platycryptus undatus
Dark Fishing Spider 17
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Giant Lichen Orbweaver 22
Araneus bicentenarius
Lone Star Tick 17
Amblyomma americanum
Striped Lynx Spider 23
Oxyopes salticus
Spotted Orbweaver 25
Neoscona crucifera
Spined Micrathena 26
Micrathena gracilis
Tooth Cave spider 27
Tayshaneta myopica
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
Tartarocreagris texana
Striped Bark Scorpion 11
Centruroides vittatus
Arabesque Orbweaver 28
Neoscona arabesca
Common House Spider 29
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Texas Brown Tarantula 30
Aphonopelma hentzi
Basilica Orbweaver 32
Mecynogea lemniscata
Bronze Jumping Spider 33
Eris militaris
Southern House Spider 34
Kukulcania hibernalis
Carolina Wolf Spider 35
Hogna carolinensis
Western Spotted Orbweaver 25
Neoscona oaxacensis
Pantropical Jumping Spider 36
Plexippus paykulli
High Eyelashed Jumping Spider 33
Phidippus mystaceus
Furrow Orbweaver 38
Larinioides cornutus
Green Lynx Spider 39
Peucetia viridans
Agrarian Sac Spider 40
Cheiracanthium inclusum
Eastern Parson Spider 41
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Dimorphic Jumping Spider 42
Maevia inclemens
Humped Trashline Orbweaver 25
Cyclosa turbinata
Humpbacked Orbweaver 43
Eustala anastera
Striped Fishing Spider 44
Dolomedes scriptus
American Dewdrop Spider 17
Argyrodes elevatus
Northern Black Widow
Latrodectus variolus
Dotted Wolf Spider 45
Rabidosa punctulata
Flea Jumping Spider 46
Naphrys pulex
Rabid Wolf Spider 20
Rabidosa rabida
Peppered Jumping Spider
Pelegrina galathea
Hammer-jawed Jumping Spider 47
Zygoballus rufipes
Whitman's Jumping Spider 47
Phidippus whitmani
Butterfly Orbweaver 28
Araneus pegnia
Rubens Orbweaver 49
Hypsosinga rubens
lined orbweaver 7
Mangora gibberosa
Tuft-legged Orbweaver 50
Mangora placida
Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver 51
Neoscona domiciliorum
Red-spotted Ant-mimic Sac Spider 20
Castianeira descripta
Tan crab spider 55
Xysticus ferox
Featherlegged Orbweaver 56
Uloborus glomosus
Cardinal Jumping Spider 47
Phidippus cardinalis
Gulf Coast Tick 34
Amblyomma maculatum
Swift Crab Spider 62
Mecaphesa celer
Lesser Green Lynx Spider 63
Peucetia longipalpis
Western Lynx Spider 64
Oxyopes scalaris
Marbled Cellar Spider 65
Holocnemus pluchei
Red-spotted Orbweaver 28
Araneus cingulatus
Filmy Dome Spider 58
Neriene radiata
Wall Spider 68
Oecobius navus

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