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
Tropical Orbweaver 5
Eriophora ravilla
Elongate Stilt Spider 6
Tetragnatha elongata
Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver 7
Tetragnatha laboriosa
Yellow Garden Spider 8
Argiope aurantia
Banded Garden Spider 9
Argiope trifasciata
Triangulate Combfoot 10
Steatoda triangulosa
Giant Lichen Orbweaver 11
Araneus bicentenarius
Spotted Orbweaver 12
Neoscona crucifera
Spined Micrathena 13
Micrathena gracilis
Arabesque Orbweaver 14
Neoscona arabesca
Common House Spider 15
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Basilica Orbweaver 16
Mecynogea lemniscata
Western Spotted Orbweaver 12
Neoscona oaxacensis
Furrow Orbweaver 17
Larinioides cornutus
Humped Trashline Orbweaver 12
Cyclosa turbinata
Humpbacked Orbweaver 18
Eustala anastera
American Dewdrop Spider 9
Argyrodes elevatus
Northern Black Widow
Latrodectus variolus
Butterfly Orbweaver 14
Araneus pegnia
Rubens Orbweaver 19
Hypsosinga rubens
lined orbweaver 5
Mangora gibberosa
Tuft-legged Orbweaver 20
Mangora placida
Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver 21
Neoscona domiciliorum
Mabel Orchard Orbweaver 5
Leucauge argyrobapta
Orchard Orbweaver 27
Leucauge venusta

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