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 ↓

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Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia

Spinybacked Orbweaver ¹
Gasteracantha cancriformis

Brown Widow ²
Latrodectus geometricus

southern black widow ³
Latrodectus mactans

Leucauge argyra. ⁴
Leucauge argyra

Orchard Orbweaver ⁵
Leucauge venusta

Golden Silk Orb-weaver ⁶
Nephila clavipes

False Black Widow
Steatoda grossa

Giant Lichen Orbweaver ⁷
Araneus bicentenarius

humpbacked orbweaver ⁸
Eustala anastera

Spotted Orbweaver ⁹
Neoscona domiciliorum

Arrowhead Orbweaver ¹⁰
Verrucosa arenata

Starbellied Orbweaver ¹¹
Acanthepeira stellata

Tropical Orbweaver Spider ¹²
Eriophora ravilla

basilica spider ¹³
Mecynogea lemniscata

Arrow-shaped Micrathena ¹⁴
Micrathena sagittata

Green Longjawed Orbweaver ¹⁵
Tetragnatha viridis

Pale Longjawed Orbweaver ¹⁶
Tetragnatha pallescens

Silvery Spider ¹⁷
Argyrodes nephilae

Bowl and Doily Spider ¹⁸
Frontinella pyramitela

Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver ¹³
Florinda coccinea

Filmy Dome Spider ¹⁹
Neriene radiata

Anelosimus studiosus ²⁰

Banded Garden Spider ²¹
Argiope trifasciata

Spiny Crowned Orbweaver ²²
Micrathena gracilis

Bolas Spiders ²³
Mastophora

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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MatBio: ARACHNIDS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Yellow Garden Spider Argiope aurantia

Spinybacked Orbweaver 1 Gasteracantha cancriformis

Brown Widow 2 Latrodectus geometricus

southern black widow 3 Latrodectus mactans

Leucauge argyra. 4 Leucauge argyra

Orchard Orbweaver 5 Leucauge venusta

Golden Silk Orb-weaver 6 Nephila clavipes

False Black Widow Steatoda grossa

Giant Lichen Orbweaver 7 Araneus bicentenarius

humpbacked orbweaver 8 Eustala anastera

Spotted Orbweaver 9 Neoscona domiciliorum

Arrowhead Orbweaver 10 Verrucosa arenata

Starbellied Orbweaver 11 Acanthepeira stellata

Tropical Orbweaver Spider 12 Eriophora ravilla

basilica spider 13 Mecynogea lemniscata

Arrow-shaped Micrathena 14 Micrathena sagittata

Green Longjawed Orbweaver 15 Tetragnatha viridis

Pale Longjawed Orbweaver 16 Tetragnatha pallescens

Silvery Spider 17 Argyrodes nephilae

Bowl and Doily Spider 18 Frontinella pyramitela

Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver 13 Florinda coccinea

Filmy Dome Spider 19 Neriene radiata

Anelosimus studiosus 20

Banded Garden Spider 21 Argiope trifasciata

Spiny Crowned Orbweaver 22 Micrathena gracilis

Bolas Spiders 23 Mastophora