Spiders I
(Order Araneae)

Updated July 2, 2001

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DADDY-LONG-LEG SPIDERS
Family Pholcidae
Long-Bodied Cellar Spider,
Pholcus phalangioides

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Long-Bodied Cellar Spider - Closer View
Pholcus phalangioides
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
BROWN SPIDERS
Family Loxoscelidae (Sicariidae)
"Brown Recluse,
Loxosceles reclusa

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Brown Recluse Eye Pattern,
Loxosceles reclusa

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Brown Recluse in Sticky Trap,
Loxosceles reclusa

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
DYSDERID SPIDERS
Family Dysderidae
"Woodlouse Hunter",
Dysdera crocata

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Woodlouse Hunter" Chelicerae
Dysdera crocata
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
COBWEB WEAVERS
Family Theridiidae
Black Widow,
Latrodectus hesperus

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Common House Spider,
Achaeraranea tepidariorum

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Cobweb Weaver,
Steatoda triangulosa

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Cobweb Weaver,
Steatoda_borealis

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)