Invertebrates > Arachnids
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Dark Fishing SpiderScientific Name: Dolomedes tenebrosusCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: ArachnidsSize: Female leg span up to 10 to 12 cm (4 to 5 in); body length 15 to 26 mm (0.6 to 1.0 in)Weight: 1.0 to 2.5 g (one of the largest native...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Brilliant Jumping SpiderScientific Name: Phidippus clarusCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: ArachnidsSize: Body length 8 to 14 mm (0.3 to 0.55 in); females larger than malesWeight: 0.1 to 0.3 gLifespan: 1 year (annual life cycle)Diet:...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Curved Spiny SpiderScientific Name: Macracantha arcuataCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: ArachnidsRange: South and Southeast Asia, from northeastern India and Bhutan east through Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra,...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Great Raft SpiderScientific Name: Dolomedes plantariusCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: ArachnidsRange: Temperate Europe and Western Asia, with isolated, highly fragmented populations across the British Isles, France, the Low Countries,...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Marbled OrbweaverScientific Name: Araneus marmoreusCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: ArachnidsRange: Holarctic, widely distributed across temperate North America, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and East AsiaHabitat Type: Moist deciduous and...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
OverviewThe Barn Funnel Weaver (Tegenaria domestica), celebrated across global arachnology and domestic folklore as the Domestic House Spider, Common Funnel-web Spider, or Cobweb Weaver, is a widely familiar, highly agile, and biologically extraordinary agelenid...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
OverviewThe Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia), universally celebrated across global arachnology as the Flower Crab Spider or White Banded Crab Spider, is a visually mesmerizing, highly charismatic, and biologically revolutionary thomisid spider native to the...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
OverviewThe Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) is an impressive, agile, and behaviorally extraordinary hunting spider belonging to the nursery web spider family (Pisauridae). Widespread across the sun-drenched meadows, heaths, and woodland clearings of Europe and...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
OverviewThe Labyrinth Spider (Agelena labyrinthica) is an impressive, lightning-fast, and masterfully architectural grass funnel-web spider belonging to the family Agelenidae. Native across the sun-drenched meadows, heaths, and hedgerows of Europe and temperate Asia,...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
OverviewThe Spitting Spider (Scytodes thoracica) is a small, slow-moving, and biologically extraordinary nocturnal arachnid belonging to the family Scytodidae. Native originally to the rocky Mediterranean basin and temperate Europe, this gentle domestic companion has...
