Let's Find These Rare Spiders!

The following spider species are being tracked by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory and, as of now, we have no records of them on iNaturalist. Let's see if we can find them and help conserve these species:

Centromerus latidens A Sheetweb Spider
http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Centromerus+latidens

Cesonia irvingi Keys Gnaphosid Spider
http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Cesonia+irvingi

Chinattus parvulus Little Mountain Jumping Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/350475/bgimage

Cyclocosmia torreya Torreya Trap-door Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1373428

Eustala eleuthera Eleuthera Orb Weaver
https://bugguide.net/node/view/35272

Geolycosa escambiensis Escambia Wolf Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/173319/bgpage

Geolycosa xera McCrone's Burrowing Wolf Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/123073/bgpage

Hogna ericeticola Rosemary Wolf Spider
https://www.naturepl.com/stock-photo-rosemary-wolf-spider-lycosa-ericeticola--florida-usa-image01399979.html

Islandiana sp. 2 Marianna Cave Sheetweb Weaver Spider
https://blog.pensoft.net/2018/06/28/out-of-the-darkness-a-new-spider-found-deep-within-an-indiana-cave/

Myremekiaphila torreya A Trapdoor Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1466342

Phiddipus workmani Workman's Jumping Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/105018/bgimage

Sphodros rufipes Red-legged Purse-web Spider
https://bugguide.net/node/view/116698/bgimage

Good luck and keep exploring!

• Peter Kleinhenz
  FWC Interpretive Writer and Planner

Posted on April 8, 2019 02:40 PM by petekleinhenz