Spiders II
(Order Araneae)

Updated September 6, 2002

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LONGJAWED ORB WEAVERS
Family Tetragnathidae
Tetragnathid Spider,
Tetragnatha laboriosa

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Tetragnathid Spider Web,
Tetragnatha laboriosa

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
ORB WEAVERS
Family Araneidae
Yellow Garden Spider,
Argiope aurantia

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Yellow Garden Spider,
Argiope aurantia

(David Keith, UNL Entomology)
Banded Argiope,
Argiope trifasciata

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
Orb Weaver Spider,
Araneus sp.

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
"Barn Spider", Neoscona hentzi,
with Sod Webworm Moth

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Barn Spider" - Dorsal View
Neoscona hentzi

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Barn Spider" - Ventral View
Neoscona hentzi

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
WOLF SPIDERS
Family Lycosidae
Wolf Spider Female with Egg Sac,
Lycosa (Hogna) helluo

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Wolf Spider Female - Dorsal View,
Lycosa (Hogna) helluo

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Wolf Spider Male,
Lycosa (Hogna) helluo

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Wolf Spider,
Lycosa (Rabidosa) rabida

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Wolf Spider Female,
Schizocosa sp.

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
NURSERY WEB SPIDERS
Family Pisauridae
Fishing Spider with Egg Case,
Dolomedes tenebrosus

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Grass Spider,
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
FUNNEL WEAVERS
Family Agelenidae
Grass Spider with Captured Moth,
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Domestic Funnel Weaver",
Tegenaria domestica

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Domestic Funnel Weaver" - Dorsal View,
Tegenaria domestica

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Domestic Funnel Weaver" - Closer View,
Tegenaria domestica

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
"Domestic Funnel Weavers" in Trap,
Tegenaria domestica

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Hobo Spider, Dorsal View,
Tegenaria agrestis

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Hobo Spider - Closer View,
Tegenaria agrestis

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
SAC SPIDERS
Family Clubionidae
Yellow Sac Spider,
Cheiracanthium sp.

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
ANTMIMIC SPIDERS
Family Corrinidae
"Ground Spider",
Trachelas tranquillus

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
GROUND SPIDERS
Family Gnaphosidae
Parson Spider,
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Parson Spider - View of Abdomen,
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
TROPICAL WANDERING
SPIDERS
Family Ctenidae
Wandering Spider,
Cupiennius sallei sp.

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Wandering Spider - Frontal View,
Cupiennius sallei sp.

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Wandering Spider - Frontal View,
Cupiennius sallei sp.

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)