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Category: Araneae (Spiders)

Phanias harfordi 

September 12, 2023 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

 This is the jumping spider (family Salticidae) that I mentioned in the blog ‘In Search of Spiders ‘. Late that night,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Phanias, Plants, Salticidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Phanias harfordi

Pholcus phalangioides

September 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This is the Pholcus spider I talked about in the blog ‘In Search of Spiders’. They are probably familiar to most people,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Pholcidae, Pholcus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Pholcus phalangioides

Araneus gemma

September 6, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This spider represents at least the 5th time I’ve brought home an Araneus orb weaver that I thought would be new to…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Araneus, Arthropoda, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Araneus gemma

Antrodiaetus pugnax

September 2, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

My grandson Lee, who, as I mentioned in A Trip to the confluence of the NF Toutle and Green Rivers,  was the…

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Posted in: Animals, Antrodiaetidae, Antrodiaetus, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Mygalomorphae, Plants, Species Profiles

Cheiracanthium mildei

June 7, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year’, there were several of these spiders prowling the area on…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Cheiracanthium, Miturgidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cheiracanthium mildei

Bassaniana (Coriarachne) utahensis

May 24, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

It’s always a pleasure to go out looking for cool stuff with my grandson Lee, because not only is he good…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Bassaniana, Plants, Species Profiles, Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)

Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Hunter)

October 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I thought it was fortuitous that I found a Woodlouse Hunter whilst working on my Oniscus asellus woodlouse post so…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Dysdera, Dysderidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dysdera crocata, Woodlouse Hunter

Arctosa littoralis

November 22, 2020 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Arctosa littoralis is one of the largest wolf spiders (Lycosidae) in our region, and another seemingly common species that has…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arctosa, Arthropoda, Lycosidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Arctosa littoralis

Metellina segmentata

October 25, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is another critter I misidentified, although, ironically, it was only because I did more research. The first time I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Metellina, Species Profiles, Tetragnathidae Filed under: Metellina segmentata

Neriene litigiosa (Sierra Dome Spider)

October 11, 2020 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

The Sierra Dome Spider is a sheet weaver in the family Linyphiidae. They build horizontal webs with a dome shaped…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Linyphiidae, Neriene, Species Profiles Filed under: Neriene litigiosa, Sierra Dome Spider

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