ARANEIDAE FAMILY - ORBWEAVER SPIDERS - The most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests and is the third largest family of spiders.
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LINYPHIIDAE FAMILY - SHEETWEB AND DWARF SPIDERS - The second largest family of spiders whose members are very small. Nicknamed the money spider as folklore says if found on you it has come to spin you new clothes.
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LYCOSIDAE FAMILY - WOLF SPIDERS - Robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone and do not spin webs. Some make long tubular burrows in the ground.
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OXYOPIDAE FAMILY - LYNX SPIDERS - Are ambush predators who spend their lives as hunting spiders on plants. They are very speedy runners and leapers, alert and with good vision.
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PHILODROMIDAE FAMILY - Running Crab Spiders - Named for their speed and the fact they run sideways. They do not build webs but instead hunt their prey, chase them down, bite them and inject venom.
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SALTICIDAE FAMILY - JUMPING SPIDERS - The largest family of spiders. Their eye pattern is particular only to them. They are active day-time hunters with great vision and a body design that allows them to jump when needed.
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TETRAGNATHIDAE FAMILY - LONG-JAWED ORBWEAVERS - Long thin spiders with long thin legs. Their jaws are of great size and often project forward.
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THERAPHOSIDAE FAMILY - TARANTULAS - Hairy, terrestrial spiders that burrow in the ground. There are approximately 900 species worldwide.
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THERIDIIDAE FAMILY - COBWEB OR COMB-FOOT - A row of bristles on their fourth pair of legs help wrap silk around prey. This family of spiders is most commonly found inside a home. They exhibit the widest variety of web constructs of any spider family and their webs are typically irregular with sticky substrate.
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THOMISIDAE FAMILY - CRAB SPIDERS - Said to have a resemblance to crabs due to the way they hold their front two pairs of legs and the fact that they can move sideways or backwards. These spiders are ambush predators as opposed to web builders. Some of the species can change color to mimic the color or pattern of the item they are sitting on. Crab spiders are very difficult to ID so most identifications on this page should be looked at skeptically.
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