Bold Jumping Spider

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Bold Jumping SpiderScientific Name: Phidippus audaxCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: Jumping SpidersSize: Body length 8 to 19 mm (0.3 to 0.75 in); females larger than malesWeight: 0.1 to 0.4 gLifespan: 1 to 2 yearsDiet: Carnivorous diurnal...

Curved Spiny Spider

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,...

Great Raft Spider

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,...

Marbled Orbweaver

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...

Giant Forest Scorpion

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Giant Forest ScorpionScientific Name: Heterometrus swammerdamiCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: ArachnidsSize: Total body length 20 to 23 cm (7.9 to 9.1 in); record specimen 29.2 cm (11.5 in)Weight: 40 to 60 g (1.4 to 2.1 oz)Lifespan: 8 to 12...