Spiders of North America Index
Live adult male and female spiders photo-graphed in the wild at various North American locations.
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American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis02/03/2013
Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata03/17/2013
Barn Funnel Weaver Spider - Tegenaria domestica03/17/2013
Black and Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia03/17/2013
Black Widow Spider - Latrodectus mactans03/17/2013
Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick - Ixodes scapularis02/03/2013
Bold Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax03/18/2013
Bronze Jumping Spider - Eris militaris03/17/2013
Brown Recluse Spider - Loxosceles reclusa03/17/2013
Brown Widow Spider - Latrodectus geometricus03/17/2013
Cat-Faced Spider - Araneus gemmoides03/17/2013
Cobweb Spider - Enoplognatha ovata03/17/2013
Cobweb Spider - Steatoda triangulosa03/17/2013
Cobweb Spider - Theridion sp.03/17/2013
Cobweb Spiders - Family Theridiidae03/18/2013
Common House Spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum03/17/2013
Crab spider - Misumenoides formocipes03/17/2013
Crab Spider - Synema parvulum03/17/2013
Crab Spider - Xysticus sp.03/17/2013
Crab spiders - Family Thomisidae 03/18/2013
Cross Orb Weaver Spider - Araneus diadematus03/18/2013
Dimorphic Jumping Spider - Maevia inclemens03/17/2013
Eastern Parson Spider - Herpyllus ecclesiasticus03/17/2013
Family Tetragnathidae - Long-Jawed Orb Weavers03/18/2013
Fishing Spider - Dolomedes sp.03/17/2013
Funnel Weaver Spider - Agelenopsis sp.03/17/2013
Furrow Orb Weaver Spider - Larinioides cornutus03/18/2013
Grass Spider - Agelenopsis sp.03/17/2013
Green Lynx Spider - Peucetia viridans03/17/2013
Hackled Orb Weaver Spider - Uloborus glomosus02/03/2013
Harvestman - Daddy Longlegs03/21/2013
Harvestman - Odiellus pictus03/21/2013
Humpback Orb Weaver Spider - Eustala sp.03/18/2013
Jumping Spider - Habronattus decorus03/17/2013
Jumping Spider - Hentzia mitrata03/17/2013
Jumping Spider - Hentzia palmarum03/17/2013
Jumping Spider - Phanias species03/17/2013
Jumping Spider - Phidippus clarus03/18/2013
Jumping spider - Phidippus mystaceus03/17/2013
Jumping Spider - Phidippus otiosus03/18/2013
Jumping Spider - Phidippus princeps03/18/2013
Jumping Spider - Phidippus princeps Male03/17/2013
Jumping Spider - Platycryptus undatus03/18/2013
Jumping Spider - Thiodina Sylvana03/18/2013
Jumping Spider - Tutelina sp.03/18/2013
Jumping Spiders - Family Salticidae02/01/2013
Lone Star Tick - Amblyomma americanum02/03/2013
Long- Jawed Orbweaver Spider - Tetragnatha laboriosa03/18/2013
Long-Jawed Orb Weaver Spider - Tetragnatha straminea03/18/2013
Long-Jawed Orb Weaver Spider- Tetragnatha elongata03/18/2013
Longbodied Cellar Spider - Pholcus phalangioides03/17/2013
Lynx Spider - Oxyopes salticus03/18/2013
Magnolia Green Jumper - Lyssomanes viridis03/18/2013
Male Marbled Orb Weaver Spider - Araneus marmoreus03/18/2013
Marbled Orb Weaver Spider - Araneus marmoreus01/06/2013
Nephila Clavipes - Golden Silk Orbweaver03/18/2013
North American Insects and Spiders / Tree Encyclopedia05/03/2013
Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata03/18/2013
Nursery Web and Fishing Spiders - Family Pisauridae03/18/2013
Nursery Web Spider -  Pisaurina mira03/18/2013
Nursery Web Spider with egg sac- Pisaurina sp.03/18/2013
Orb Weaver Spider - Mangora placida03/18/2013
Orb Weaver Spider - Neoscona arabesca03/17/2013
Orb Weaver Spider - Neoscona crucifera03/18/2013
Orb Weaver Spiders - Family Araneidae01/06/2013
Pirate Wolf Spider - Pirata sp.01/20/2013
Red Velvet Mite - Trombidium sp.02/03/2013
Running Crab Spiders - Family Philodromidae03/18/2013
Sheetweb Spider - Drapetisca alteranda01/20/2013
Soldier Fly - Actina viridis05/11/2013
Spiders of North America03/11/2013
Spiders of North America Index05/16/2013
Spined Micrathena Spider - Micrathena gracilis03/18/2013
Tarantula Spiders - Family Theraphosidae03/18/2013
Venusta Orchard Spider - Leucage venusta03/18/2013
Vibrating Spiders - Family Pholcidae03/18/2013
White-banded Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes03/18/2013
Wolf Spider - Family Lycosidae03/18/2013
Zebra Jumping Spider - Salticus scenicus03/18/2013

This male ant mimic spider (Family Corinnidae) at liftoff, spewing balloon silk which whisked him away on the breeze *poof* gone.
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Class Arachnida / Order Araneae: Spiders are the largest group of arachnids.  They are easily recognized by their eight legs, and there are few creatures great or small that elicit such irrational fear in mankind. The vast majority of spiders are completely harmless and offer beneficial services, chief of which is keeping the burgeoning insect population in check.
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