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Agelenidae—Funnel Weavers
      Grass Spiders (Agelenopsis species)
      Barn Funnel Weaver (Tegenaria domestica)

Amaurobiidae—Hackledmesh Weavers
      Hackledmesh Weavers (Amaurobius and
      Callobius species)

Araneidae—Orbweavers
      Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
      Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata)
      Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
      Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)

Clubionidae—Sac Spiders
      Broad-Faced Sac Spider (Trachelas tranquillus)

Dysderidae—Dysderid Spiders
      Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata)

Lycosidae—Wolf Spiders
      Wolf Spiders (Hogna [previously known
      as Lycosa] species)

Miturgidae—Prowling Spiders
      Agrarian Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium  inclusum)
     and Longlegged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei)

Pisauridae—Nursery Web Spiders
      Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)

Pholcidae—Cellar or Daddylonglegs Spiders
      Longbodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)

Salticidae—Jumping Spiders
      Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)

Sicariidae—Sixeyed Sicariid Spiders
      Brown Recluse Spiders (Loxosceles reclusa
      and other Loxosceles species)

Theridiidae—Cobweb Weavers
      Common House Spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum)
      Southern Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus mactans)
      False Black Widow (Steatoda grossa)

Spider Management

Glossary

References

Photographs courtesy of Steven Jacobs.
Male brown recluse spider photograph
courtesy of Rick Vetters.

Prepared by Steven Jacobs,
senior extension associate in
urban/public health entomology.

Baerg, W. J. 1936. The Black Widow. Ark. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 325. 34 pp.

Baerg, W. J. 1959. The Black Widow and Five Other Venomous Spiders in the United States. Ark. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 608. 43 pp.

Breene, R. G., et al. 2003. Common Names of Arachnids. 5th ed. The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. 42 pp.

Gertsch, W. J., and F. Ennik. 1983. “The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae).” Bul Amer Mus. Nat. Hist. 175: 24–360.

Herms, W. B., and M. T. James. 1961. Medical Entomology. 5th ed. The MacMillan Company, New York. 616 pp.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. “Spiders of Connecticut.” Conn. State Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey. Bull. 70. 874 pp.

Kaston, B. J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. 3rd. ed. Wm. C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa. 272 pp.

Levi, H. W. 1959. “The Spider Genus Latrodectus (Araneae, Theridiidae). Trans. Amer. Microscopical Soc. Vol. LXXVIII (1): 7–43.

Long, D., R. Snetsinger, and K. F. Helm. 1995. “Localized Pruritic Rash Due to Recurrent Spider Bites.” J. Geriatr. Dermatol. 3(6): 186–190.

Vetter, R. S., and P. Kirk Visscher. 1998. “Bites and Stings of Medically Important Venomous Arthropods.” International. J. Derm. 37: 481–496.

Vetter, R. S. et al. 2006. “Verified Bites By Yellow Sac Spiders (Genus Cheiracanthium) in the United States and Australia: Where Is The Necrosis?” Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 74(6) 1,043–1,048.

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Authored by: Steve Jacobs, Sr. Extension Associate

March 2002
Revised 2006

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