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Spiders

Photographs of spiders and kin. Hover over image for details, or click to view large. To view the photographs on my photo site, just click the link below.

Spiders
Spiders
111 photos
Snetsinger's purseweb spider
Grass spider
Grass spider (Agelenopsis sp.)
Spider on birch tree
Anaptomecus longiventris
Anyphaena pectorosa
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) on stabilimentum
Juvenile black-and-yellow Argiope ( Argiope aurantia)
Juvenile black-and-yellow Argiope ( Argiope aurantia) on stabilimentum
Yellow garden spider
Argiope submaronica on stabilimentum
Snetsinger's purseweb spider
Snetsinger's purseweb spider
Snetsinger's purseweb spider
Jumping spider (Colonus sp.) with fly
Dipogon sayi carrying a crab spider
Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
Dark fishing spider
Dark fishing spider
Dark fishing spider
Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
Six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) in vernal pond
Banded fishing spider
Banded fishing spider (Dolomedes vittatus)
Dark fishing spider
Eris floridana
Eris floridina
Eris floridana
Eris floridana
Eris floridina
Small jumping spider with large fly
Riparian duncecap orbweaver
Common Hentz jumper
Common Hentz jumper
Common Hentz jumper (Hentzia palmarum) with eggs
Common Hentz jumper (Hentzia palmarum) with eggs
Common Hentz jumper (Hentzia palmarum)
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)
Mabel orchard orbweaver
Orchard orbweaver
Leucauge venusta (orchard orbweaver)
Orchard orbweaver
Mangora gibberosa (lined orbweaver)
Mecaphesa
Mecaphesa californica
Mecaphesa asperata (northern crab spider)
Crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.) lurking in flowers
Mecaphesa sp.
Gray wall jumper (Menemerus bivittatus) paralyzed by its prey, a longjawed orbweaver
Metazygia sp.
Metazygia sp.
Metepeira sp.
Flower crab spider (Misumena sp.) on hydrangea
American green crab spider
Western spotted orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
Striped lynx (Oxyopes salticus) on lava
Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx) on lava
Striped lynx
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
Philodromus barrowsi
Nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira)
American nursery web spider )Pisaurina mira) on grass
American nursery web spider
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
Jumping sider egg case on yarrow
Spider web with rime frost
Long-jawed orbweaver guarding egg case
Long-jawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha sp. in snow
Long-jawed orbweaver
Eastern long-legged cobweaver
Theridion frondeum (eastern long-legged cobweaver) on a leaf
Eastern long-legged cobweaver
Crab spider on aster
Broad-faced sac spider
Golden silk orbweaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Golden silk orbweaver
Golden silk orbweaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Golden silk spider weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Ground crab spider (Xysticus sp.)
Ground crab spider (Xysticus sp.)
Common Hentz jumper

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