"If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive." ~American Quaker Saying
Class Arachnida. Order Araneae.
Spiders have two body regions, no antennae, four pairs of legs, pedipalps (in males), fangs on chelicerae for venom, no wings, multiple simple eyes, and spinerettes at end of abdomen for spinning silk. They are NOT insects.
Class Arachnida. Order Araneae.
Spiders have two body regions, no antennae, four pairs of legs, pedipalps (in males), fangs on chelicerae for venom, no wings, multiple simple eyes, and spinerettes at end of abdomen for spinning silk. They are NOT insects.
Webs
24 photos
California Ebony Tarantula - Aphonopelma eutylenum
16 photos
California Trapdoor spider - Bothriocyrtum californicum
3 photos
Jumping Spiders (their own folder)
Galleries 11
174 photos
Woodlouse hunter - Dysdera crocata
19 photos
Long-bodied cellar spider - Pholcus phalangiodes
22 photos
Cellar spider - Psilochorus californiae
1 photos
Bowl and Doily Spider - Frontinella communis
1 photos
Dwarf spider - Ceraticelus sp
2 photos
Spider - unidentified (Linyphiidae )
3 photos
Mesh Web Weaver - Dictyna calcarata
16 photos
Zodarion sp.
7 photos
Western black widow - Latrodectus hesperus
11 photos
Brown widow - Latrodectus geometricus
103 items
House spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
26 photos
False black widow - Steatoda grossa
19 photos
Noble false widow - Steatoda nobilis
28 photos
Spider - Asagena fulva
3 photos
Cobweb spider - Theridion spp.
15 photos
Spider - Unidentified sp. (Family Theridiidae)
4 photos
Banded argiope - Argiope trifasciata
36 photos
Yellow garden spider - Argiope aurantia
15 photos
Silver argiope - Argiope argentata
35 photos
Orb weaver - Gea heptagon
3 photos
Orb-weaver - Metepeira spinipes
2 photos
Orb weaver - Metepeira spp.
19 photos
Trashline orbweaver - Cyclosa turbinata
10 photos
Western spotted orb weaver - Neoscona oaxacensis
42 photos
Spotted orbweaver - Neoscona crucifera
39 photos
(Arabesque) Orbweaver - Neoscona (arabesca?)
2 photos
Spotted orbweaver - Neoscona sp. (immatures)
10 photos
Orb weaver - Araneus gemma
28 photos
Orb weaver - Araneus andrewsi
13 photos
Orb weaver - Araneus montereyensis
10 photos
Orb weaver (2) - Araneus sp.
1 photos
Bridge spider - Larinioides sclopetarius
11 photos
Orb weaver -Metazygia zilloides
13 photos
Orb weaver - Zygiella x-notata
3 photos
Bolas spider - Mastophora cornigera
9 photos
Orb weaver - Eustala sp.
3 photos
Tropical orb weaver - Eriophora edax
19 photos
Long-jawed orb weaver - Tetragnatha elongata
5 photos
Long-jawed orbweaver - Tetragnatha versicolor
5 photos
Long-jawed orb weaver - Tetragnatha spp.
15 photos
Long-jawed spider - Larinia directa
1 photos
Lace web spider - Badumna longinqua
13 photos
Spider - Metaltella simoni
30 photos
Corner spider - Hololena curta
23 photos
Grass spider - Agelenopsis aperta
13 photos
Agelenid spider - Unidentified sp.
1 photos
Pirate spiders - Reo/mimetus sp.
10 photos
Wolf spider - Schizocosa mccooki
5 photos
Wolf spider - Pardosa ramulosa
4 photos
Wolf spider - Pardosa sp.
9 photos
Wolf spider - Pirata piraticus
3 photos
Wolf spider - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Wolf spider - Lycosa sp.
2 photos
Diverse feather-legged spider - Uloborus diversus
20 photos
Wall spider - Oecobius navus
13 photos
Wall Spider - Oecobius isolatus
1 photos
Ghost spider - Hibana incursa
1 photos
Ghost spider - Anyphaena pacifica
9 photos
Ghost spider - Anyphaena sp.
3 photos
Green lynx spider - Peucetia viridans
109 photos
Striped lynx spider - Oxyopes salticus
12 photos
Western lynx spider- Oxyopes scalaris
1 photos
Mouse spider - Scotophaeus blackwalli
13 photos
Ground spider - Zelotes spp.
11 photos
Western Parson Spider - Herpyllus propinquus
2 photos
Ground Spider - Sergiolus montanus
2 photos
Ground spiders (various) - Unidentified spp.
7 photos
Running spider - Trachelas pacificus
10 photos
Spider - Falconina gracilis
4 photos
Ant-mimic sac spider - Castianeira athena
3 photos
Longlegged spider - Cheiracanthium inclusum
2 photos
Long-legged sac spider - Cheiracanthium mildei
12 photos
Leafcurling sac spider - Clubiona sp.
1 photos
Slender Crab Spider - Tibellus sp.
3 photos
Runnng crab spider - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Whitebanded crab spider - Misumena formosipes
17 photos
Crab spider - Mecaphesa sp.
2 photos
Crab spider 3 - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Crab spider 1 - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Crab spider 2 - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Dog ticks - Dermacentor spp.
2 photos
Mites
15 photos
Harvestmen
2 photos
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