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1-32 of 32 Insects and Spiders page: 1
Desert Tarantula
Aphonopelma chalcodes

Male 2-2 1/2" (50-65 mm), female 2-2 3/4" (50-70 mm); female legspan to 4" (100 mm). Body heavy, hairy. Cephalothorax gray to dark brown. Abdomen brownish black. Iridescent hair forms pad below tip of each leg.… read more

Tarantula
Aphonopelma eutylenum

The Tarantula is a member of the family Theraphosidae. Tarantulas are large, hairy spiders, 1 3/8" (33 mm) or more long, with a legspan up to 5 7/8" (150 mm). These spiders have 8 closely grouped eyes; the large middle pair are circular with 3 eyes on each side. … read more

Tarantulas
Aphonopelma species

Tarantulas are our largest spiders, they spend most of their life underground in a silk lined burrow. They rest at the bottom by day, after dark they wait near the surface and pounce on insects and other small animals as they wander by.… read more

Spruce-fir Moss Spider
Microhexura montivaga

1/8" (3-5 mm). Tan to yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, hairy. Large body. Belongs to the group of primitive spiders commonly called tarantulas. Constructs tube-shaped webs.… read more

Tooth Cave Spider
Neoleptoneta myopica

Less than 1/16" (1.6 mm). Tiny and long-legged. Pale, off-white in color. Has primitive eyes. Aerial, hangs from strands of web.… read more

Brown Recluse Spider
Loxosceles reclusa

Male 1/4" (6 mm), female 3/8" (11 mm). Cephalothorax orange-yellow with dark violin pattern. Bases of legs orange-yellow, rest of legs grayish to dark brown. Abdomen grayish to dark brown with no obvious pattern.… read more

American House Spider
Achaearanea tepidariorum

Male 1/8-1/4" (4-5 mm), female 1/4" (5-6 mm). Yellowish brown. Abdomen streaked and splotched with black and gray on sides. Male's legs orangish; female's yellow with black bands.… read more

Western Black Widow
Latrodectus hesperus

Male 1/8" (3-4 mm), female 3/8" (8-10 mm). Black. Male's abdomen elongate with white and red markings on sides. Female's abdomen almost spherical, usually with red hourglass mark below or with 2 transverse red marks separated by black. … read more

Black Widow Spider
Latrodectus mactans

Male 1/8" (3-4 mm), female 3/8" (8-10 mm). Black. Male's abdomen elongate with white and red markings on sides. Female's abdomen almost spherical, usually with red hourglass mark below or with 2 transverse red marks separated by black. … read more

Silver Argiope
Argiope argentata

Male 1/8-1/4" (4-5 mm), female 1/2-5/8" (12-16 mm). Silvery short hair on upper surface of female's cephalothorax and 1st abdominal segment. Most of abdomen black to brownish yellow with silver spots. Underneath also black to yellow-brown. Legs ...… read more

Black-and-yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia

Male 1/4-3/8" (5-9 mm), female 3/4-1 1/8" (19-28 mm). Cephalothorax has short silvery hair. Legs black with reddish or yellow bands near body. Abdomen egg-shaped, conspicuously marked with yellow or orange on black.… read more

Banded Garden Spider
Argiope trifasciata

The Banded Garden Spider is a member of the orb weaver family (family Araneidae). Orb weavers comprise a huge family of spiders with several hundred North American species. These spiders vary greatly in shape, color, and size, measuring 1/16-1 1/8" ...… read more

Crab-like Spiny Orb Weaver
Gasteracantha cancriformis (elipsoides)

Male 1/16-1/8" (2-3 mm), female 3/8" (8-10 mm). Abdomen broad, hard, spiny with 2 sharp points on each side and 2 at rear. Cephalothorax reddish black. Abdomen pale to orange or yellow with reddish-black oval spots above and reddish spines; below ...… read more

Arrow-shaped Micrathena
Micrathena sagittata

Male 1/8-1/4" (4-5 mm), female 3/8" (8-9 mm). Cephalothorax small, dark reddish brown. Abdomen triangular, mottled red and yellow above, widest at rear. Female has 2 dark red, long diverging spines and 2 pairs of dark red, shorter spiny tubercles with ...… read more

Common Orb Weaver
Neoscona oxancensis

The Common Orb Weaver is a member of the family Araneidae. Orb weavers comprise a huge family of spiders with several hundred North American species. These spiders vary greatly in shape, color, and size, measuring 1/16-1 1/8" (2-28 mm) long. They have ...… read more

Golden-silk Spider
Nephila clavipes

Male 1/8" (4 mm), female 7/8-1" (22-25 mm). Female's cephalothorax pale gray with 3 black spots on each side; legs dark with brownish bands and conspicuous tufts of black hair on 1st and last pairs of legs. Female's abdomen brownish green, spotted with ...… read more

Venusta Orchard Spider
Leucauge venusta

Male 1/8" (3-4 mm), female 1/4-3/8" (5-8 mm). Cephalothorax yellowish green, striped with brown along sides. Abdomen silvery above with dark stripes, sides yellow with red spot near tip and red spot underneath.… read more

Funnel-web Grass Spider
Agelenopsis naevia

The Funnel-web Grass Spider is a member of the funnel web weaver family (family Agelenidae). Funnel web weavers are small to medium-sized spiders, 1/16-3/4" (1-20 mm) long, that are often found in homes and fields. Most of these spiders have 8 eyes, ...… read more

Funnel Web Spider
Calilena restricta

The Funnel Web Spider is a member of the family Agelenidae. Funnel web weavers are small- to medium-sized spiders, 1/16-3/4" (1-20 mm) long, that are often found in homes and fields. Most of these spiders have 8 eyes, arranged horizontally in 2 parallel ...… read more

Six-spotted Fishing Spider
Dolomedes triton

Male 3/8-1/2" (9-13 mm); female 5/8-3/4" (15-20 mm) with legspan to 2 1/2" (64 mm). Greenish brown with silvery-white lengthwise stripes along each side of cephalothorax and abdomen. Abdomen has 12 white spots. Undersurface paler, except for 6 black ...… read more

Carolina Wolf Spider
Lycosa carolinensis

Male 3/4" (18-20 mm), female 7/8-1 3/8" (22-35 mm). Cephalothorax gray-brown. Abdomen may have darker stripe along midline. Female has sparse covering of gray hair; somewhat paler in male.… read more

Wolf Spiders
Pardosa species

Male 1/8-3/8" (4-10 mm), female 1/4-3/8" (5-10 mm). Slender, long-legged. Dark or with lengthwise dark-and-light stripes. Covered with long hair. Upper row of large eyes occupies major area on the front of the head. Spines on legs relatively long.… read more

Striped Lynx Spider
Oxyopes salticus

The Striped Lynx Spider is in the family Oxyopidae. These hunting spiders are recognized by the distinctive arrangement of their 8 eyes—6 eyes form a hexagon with 2 smaller eyes facing forward. They are usually small, measuring 1/8—5/8” (4—16 mm) in ...… read more

Green Lynx Spider
Peucetia viridans

Male 1/2" (12-14 mm), female 1/2-5/8" (14-16 mm). Bright leaf-green, ivory-white, or tan. Legs yellowish with many black spines. Cephalothorax has 6 eyes on pale area, 2 other eyes face forward. Abdomen marked above with 3 incomplete chevrons.… read more

Goldenrod Spider
Misumena vatia

Male 1/8" (3-4 mm), female 1/4-3/8" (5-10 mm). Female yellowish to white with crimson streaks on each side of abdomen and a reddish-brown stain between eyes. Female's legs pale. Male's cephalothorax dark reddish brown with white spot in center and in ...… read more

Crab Spider
Misumenoides formosipes

Crab Spiders are in the family Thomisidae. Most spiders in this family hold their legs outstretched to the sides like crabs and can move forward, sideways, or backward. They have a short, rather broad body, 1/16-3/8" (1.5-10 mm) long, and 8 small eyes ...… read more

Giant Crab Spider
Olios giganteus

The Giant Crab Spider is in the family Sparassidae. The spiders in this family are large, 3/8-1" (10-25 mm) long, and named for their crablike legs. They somewhat resemble crab spiders of the family Thomisidae but are larger and have a soft, 3-lobed ...… read more

Daring Jumping Spider
Phidippus audax

Male 1/4-1/2" (6-13 mm), female 3/8-5/8" (8-15 mm). Black with a short gray or white crossband on abdomen and several gray or white spots. Pale markings, often yellow or orange in spiderlings. Chelicerae metallic green.… read more

Daddy-long-legs
Leiobunum species

1/4-3/8" (6-8 mm). Long thin legs. Yellowish to greenish brown with blackish stripe along midline above and on each side. Legs pale to dark. Each pedipalp ends in a microscopic claw… read more

Daddy-long-legs
Order Opiliones

Daddy-long-legs are members of the family Phalangiidae.Members of this family have 4 pairs of extremely long, slender legs. Most are 1/8-1/2" (4-12 mm) long. The second pair of legs is longer than the others, and is used like antennae. Sometimes legs ...… read more

Daddy-long-legs
Phalangium opilio

1/8-1/4" (4-6 mm). Long thin legs. Body reddish brown. Legs dark with prominent paler coxae. Eyes on black turret; 1 eye to right, 1 to left.… read more

Bone Cave Harvestman
Texella reyesi

1/16" (1.4-2.7). A tiny, blind spiderlike creature, related to the daddy-long-legs. Gold to pale orange. Legs long, second pair longest.… read more

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