Spiders
Help needed to identify these spiders:
According to our visitors, this is a
Brown Widow spider
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This one maybe a Argiope (garden spider), but not sure what kind of Argiope exactly...
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1. Golden silk spider
Scientific Name:
Nephila clavipes
Common Names:
Giant wood spider, banana spider
Distribution:
coastal and inland areas of Nort Carolina to Texas, including Florida. Central and South America
Size:
Adult female: 24 mm to 40 mm in length (body only)
Identification / color pattern:
silvery carapace, orange to tan cylindrical body with yellow spots, brown and orange banded legs with hair brushes on the tibial segments
Web-weaver:
yes - up to 2 meters in diameter
Venomous:
yes
In the Web:
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2. Green lynx spider
Scientific Name:
Peucetia viridans
Distribution:
Southern United States,Some parts in Northern California, Central America.
Size:
Adult female: 24 mm in length (body only)
Identification / color pattern:
The body is bright green with black spots. Legs are paler green/yellow, with very long, black spines, and covered with numerous black spots.
Web-weaver:
no
Venomous:
no
In the Web:
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3. Brown recluse spider
Scientific Name:
Loxosceles reclusa
Common Names:
fiddleback spider, brown fiddler or violin spider
Distribution:
from southeastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana to southwestern Ohio. Central Texas to the western part of Florida Panhandle, western Georgia and north to Kentucky.
Size:
Adult female: up to 20 mm length (body only)
Identification / color pattern:
The body is generally brown. The upper side of the cephalothorax shows a dark brown violin-shaped spot. The abdomen is oval-shaped with yellow, or greenish yellow color.
Web-weaver:
no
Venomous:
yes
In the Web:
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4. Southern Black widow spider
Scientific Name:
Latrodectus mactans
Common Names:
black widow
Distribution:
Southeastern United States, from Florida to New York, and west to Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Nevada
Size:
Adult female: up to 20 mm length (body only)
Identification / color pattern:
The adult female black widow spider has a shiny black color all over, including body and legs , with a red marking in the shape of an hourglass on the underside of the abdomen.
Web-weaver:
yes
Venomous:
yes - powerful neurotoxic venom
In the Web:
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5. Western Black widow spider
Scientific Name:
Latrodectus hesperus
Common Names:
black widow
Distribution:
warmer western regions of the United States,from California to Nevada, down to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. North of Mexico
Size:
Adult female: up to 18 mm length (body only)
Identification / color pattern:
The adult female black widow spider has a shiny black color all over, including body and legs , with a red marking in the shape of an hourglass on the underside of the abdomen.
Web-weaver:
yes
Venomous:
yes - powerful neurotoxic venom
In the Web:
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6. Nursery web spider
Scientific Name:
Pisauridae family (several species)
Common Names:
Nursery web spiders, fishing spiders
Distribution:
southern Canada to Argentina
Size: Adult female: up to 19 mm length (body only)
Web-weaver:
no
Venomous:
yes - but no dangerous to humans
In the Web:
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