Spiders on the Web

SPIDERS ON THE WEB (and other Arachnids) of Orange County, California and nearby places (Animation by Lisa Konrad) Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717 and Ron Hemberger and some other guests Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California
Agelenidae: Grass spiders			Anyphaenidae - Ghost Spiders
Grass spider, Agelenopsis sp.	Funnel Weaver, Hololena sp.		Ghost Spider, Anyphaena californica
Araneidae: Orb weavers
Tree spider, Araneus gemma	Silver argiope, Argiope argentata	Black and yellow argiope, Argiope aurantia	Banded argiope, Argiope trifasciata	Western Spotted Orb weaver, Neoscona oaxacensis
Orb Weaver, Neoscona sp.	Labyrinth spider, Metepeira labyrinthea	Labyrinth spider, Metepeira sp.	Bolas spider, Mastophora cornigera
Corinnidae: Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders			Ctenizidae: Trapdoor spiders	Dysderidae: Cell Spiders
Ant Mimic Spider, Castianeira occidens	Sac Spider, Meriola californicus	Sac Spider, Trachelas pacificus	California trapdoor spider, Bothriocyrtum californicum	Woodlouse Spider, Dysdera crocata
Gnaphosidae: Sac spiders
Stealthy Ground Spider, Herpyllus propinquus	Mouse spider, Scotophaeus blackwalli	Ground spider, Zelotus gynethus
Lycosidae: Wolf spiders				Miturgidae: Prowling spiders
Thin-legged Shore Spider, Pardosa milvina	Thin-legged Wolf Spider, Pardosa sp	Wolf Spider, Schizocosa mccooki	Wolf Spider	Long-legged Sac Spider, Cheiracanthium mildei?
Oecobiidae: Wall spiders	Oxyopidae: Lynx spiders			Pholcidae: Daddy Longlegs spiders
Wall Spider, Oecobius sp.	Striped Lynx Spider, Oxyopes salticus	Western Lynx Spider, Oxyopes scalaris	Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans	Daddy longlegs spider, Pholcus phalangioides
Salticidae: Jumping spiders
Habronattus elegans	Habronattus pyrrithrix	Habronattus tarsalis	Habronattus sp.	Habronattus sp.
Habronattus sp.	Metacyrba sp.	Metaphidippus sp.	Peregrina proterva	Johnson Jumper, Phidippus johnsoni
Bold Jumper, Phidippus audax	Phidippus californicus	Phidippus (adumbratus?)	Zebra Spider, Salticus palpalis	Sassacus vitis
Thiodina hespera
Sparassidae: Giant Crab Spiders	Tetragnathidae: Long-jawed Orb Weavers			Theraphosidae: Tarantulas
Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria	Tetragnatha	Long-jawed orb weaver		Tarantula spider, Aphonopelma iodius
Theridiidae: Widows and cobweb weavers
Commensal spider, Argyrodes nephilae	Enoplognatha sp.	Western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus	Brown widow, Latrodectus geometricus	House spider, Steatoda grossa
Thomisidae: Crab spiders
Coriarachne utahensis	Misumena vatia	White-banded Crab spider, Misumenoides formocipes Female	White-banded Crab spider, Misumenoides formocipes Male	Flower Spider, Misumenops sp.
Flower Spider, Misumenops sp.	Flower Spider, Misumenops sp.	Flower Spider, Misumenops californicus	Flower Spider, Misumenops sp.	Crab Spider
Xysticus sp.
Other arachnids
Silvestri's Scorpion, Paruroctonus silvestrii	Scorpion, Anuroctonus pococki pococki	Slender Brown Scorpion, Centruroides gracilis	Sun spider	Pseudoscorpion
American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis	Pacific Coast Tick, Dermacentor occidentalis (female)	Pacific Coast Tick, Dermacentor occidentalis (male)	Free-living Mite: Anystidae	Mite, Erythraeidae
Two-spotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae	Spider mite		Daddy longlegs, Phalangiidae
Learn more! The demystification of the toxicity of spiders by Ed Nieuwenhuys. Spiders of Kaweah Oaks Preserve, by Irene Lindsey. Spiders of the genus Habronattus in California and Baja California by Marshall Hedin, San Diego State University. Biology 104, The Biology of Insects and Spiders" taught by Dr. Lenny Vincent at Fullerton College. Brown Recluse Spider (genus Loxosceles, Family Sicariidae) not included at this site because it is not reported from Orange County.
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