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Spiders

Hover your mouse over an image to see its description, and click to view a larger version. Prints and digital downloads can be purchased via the shopping-cart icon in the larger view. Teachers are welcome to use any of the images in lectures for free as long as watermarks are visible and they are not published online or in print. My full photography site is here if you’d like to browse.

Karsch's purseweb spider
Spider on birch tree
Grass spider
Grass spider (Agelenopsis sp.)
Anaptomecus longiventris
Anyphaena pectorosa
Ghost spider in retreat
Marbled orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
Marbled orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
Marbled orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
Lattice orbweaver (Araneus thaddeus) in retreat
Hawaiian garden spider (Argiope appensa) courtship
Hawaiian garden spider (Argiope appensa) courtship
Hawaiian garden spider (Argiope appensa) courtship
Hawaiian garden spider (Argiope appensa) courtship
Juvenile black-and-yellow Argiope ( Argiope aurantia)
Juvenile black-and-yellow Argiope ( Argiope aurantia) on stabilimentum
Juvenile black-and-yellow Argiope ( Argiope aurantia) on stabilimentum
Juvenile black-and-yellow Argiope ( Argiope aurantia) on stabilimentum
Yellow garden spider
Florida garden spider
Argiope submaronica on stabilimentum
Ariadna bicolor web
Ariadna bicolor web
Ariadna bicolor webs
Karsch's purseweb spider
Karsch's purseweb spider
Karsch's purseweb spider
Karsch's purseweb spider
Karsch's purseweb spider
Caddo agilis
Ant-mimic sac spider
Ant-mimic sac spider
Jumping spider (Colonus sp.) with fly
Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
Dark fishing spider
Dark fishing spider
Dark fishing spider
Dark fishing spider with regrown leg
Dark fishing spider with regrown leg
Dark fishing spider
Six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) in vernal pond
Banded fishing spider
Banded fishing spider (Dolomedes vittatus)
Dark fishing spider
Autumn money spider
Black dwarf spider
Eris floridana
Eris floridina
Eris floridana
Eris floridana
Eris floridina
Small jumping spider with large fly
Riparian duncecap orbweaver
Black-tailed red sheetweever
Black-tailed red sheetweb spider
Common Hentz jumper (Hentzia palmarum)
Common Hentz jumper
Common Hentz jumper
Common Hentz jumper (Hentzia palmarum) with eggs
Common Hentz jumper (Hentzia palmarum) with eggs
Common Hentz jumper
Hibana gracilis (garden ghost spider) inside silk retreat
Hibana gracilis (garden ghost spider) inside silk retreat
Hibana gracilis (garden ghost spider) inside silk retreat
Western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
Western black widow
Mabel orchard orbweaver
Orchard orbweaver
Orchard orbweaver
Leucauge venusta (orchard orbweaver)
Mangora gibberosa (lined orbweaver)
Mecaphesa sp.
Mecaphesa californica
Mecaphesa
Mecaphesa californica
Mecaphesa asperata (northern crab spider)
Crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.) lurking in flowers
Basilica orbweaver
Gray wall jumper eaing a longjawed orbweaver
Gray wall jumper eaing a long-jawed orbweaver
Metazygia sp.
Metazygia sp.
Metepeira sp.
Flower crab spider (Misumena sp.) on hydrangea
American green crab spider
American green crab spider with crane fly
Western spotted orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
Orthonops lapanus
Striped lynx
Striped lynx (Oxyopes salticus) on lava
Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx) on lava
Golden jumping spider
Golden jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)
Golden jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)
Golden jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)
Peppered jumping spider
Daring jumping spider (Phidippus audax)
Paraphidippus princeps (grayish jumping spider) with an ant
Philodromus barrowsi
Philodromus barrowsi
Philodromus barrowsi on Spanish moss
Philodromus barrowsi
Phylloneta pictipes
Phylloneta pictipes
Nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira)
American nursery web spider
American nursery web spider )Pisaurina mira) on grass
American nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira)
American nursey web spider
American nursey web spider
American nursey web spider
Nursery web spiders (Pisaurina mira)
Sclerosomatid harvestman on a palm trunk
Rabidosa hentzi
Jumping sider egg case on yarrow
Spider web with rime frost
Long-jawed orbweaver
Long-jawed orbweaver guarding egg case
Long-jawed orbweaver
Long-jawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha sp. in snow
Eastern long-legged cobweaver
Eastern long-legged cobweaver
Crab spider on aster
Broad-faced sac spider
Broad-faced sac spider
Golden silk orbweaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Golden silk spider weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Golden silk orbweaver
Golden silk orbweaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Ground crab spider (Xysticus sp.)
Ground crab spider (Xysticus sp.)

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