Families Scientific Names Common Names Scientific Names
Clubionidae Admestina sp. Atypical Tarantula Spiders Trachelas tranquillus
Pisauridae Araneidae Black and Yellow Argiope Elaver sp.
Araneidae Araneus diadematus Broad Faced Sac Spider Admestina sp.
Atypidae Araneus marmoreus Corinnid Sac Spiders Strotarchus poscatorius
Corrinidae Argiope aurantia Daring Jumping Spider Salticus sp.
Dictynidae Argyrodes tepidariorumFishing Spider Sphodros sp.
Miturgidae Atypidae Jumping Spiders Araneus diadematus
Salticidae Clubionidae Marbled Orb Weaver Argyrodes tepidariorum
Theridiidae Corrinidae Mesh Webbed Spiders Admestina sp
Thomisidae Dictynidae Prowling Spiders Misumena vatia
Dolomedes triton Purseweb spiders Phidippus audax
Elaver sp. Sac Spiders Habronattus sp
Eris sp. Yellow Garden Orb Weaver Pelegrina proterva
Habronattus sp Longlegged Sac Spider Eris sp.
Misumena vatia Dolomedes triton
Miturgidae Araneus marmoreus
Pelegrina proterva
Phidippus audax
Pisauridae
Salticidae
Salticus sp.
Sphodros sp.
Strotarchus poscatorius
Theridiidae
Thomisidae
Trachelas tranquillus
Cheiracanthium sp.
poscatorius
epidariorum
Abdomen: The posterior part of the spiders body.
Anal Tubercle: a small lobe below the spinnerets that has the anal opening
Anterior Eye Row (AER): Anterior row of eyes
Anterior Lateral Eyes (ALE): Anterior eyes that are in the lateral position in the eye group.
Anterior Lateral Spinnerets (ALS): Anterior spinnerets in the latereal position in the spinneret group
Anterior Median Eyes (AME): Eyes in the anterior row in the median position in the eye group
Anterior Median Spinnerets (AMS): Anterior spinnerets in the median position in the spinneret group
Anterior: Towards the front, opposite of posterior
Calamistrum: A row of setae located along the metatarsus of cribellate spiders
Carapace: dorsal part of the cephalothorax
Cephalothorax: Anterior part of a spiders body
Chelicerae: The 'jaws' of a spider that are composed of a larger segmant and fangs attached to the tip of the larger se
Claw Tufts: Thick hairs around the claw
Colonus: A non-functional spinning plate (cribellum) that is normally significantly reduced from a plate to a lobe or
Conical: Cone shaped
Coxa: The first segment (closest to the body) of a spider leg
Cribellete: Having a cribellum
Cribellum: A flat spinning plate anterior to the spinnerets of cribellate spiders
Dorsal: Towards the top, opposite of ventral
Ecribellete: Not having a cribellum
Endites: the lobe of the palpal coxa
Fang: Pointy bits on the end of the chelicera that contain the opening of the venom gland
Femur: The third segment of the leg when going away from the body
Labium: The median section anterior to the sternum
Lateral: To the side of the middle of the body
Macrosetae: A rigid enlarged hair
Median: Towards the middle of the body
Metatarsus: The sixth segment of the leg from the body
Palp: The anterior leg like apendage near the chelicerae
Patella: The fourth segment of the leg from the body
Pedicel: The thin connective section between the cephalothorax and the abdomen
Posterior Eye Row (PER): Posterior row of eyes
Posterior Lateral Eyes (PLE): Posterior eyes in the lateral position in the eye group
Posterior Lateral Spinnerets (PLS) : Posterior spinnerets in the lateral position
Posterior medial spinnerets (PMS): Posterior spinnerets in the medial position
Posterior Median Row (PMR): Posterior eyes in the median position in the eye group
Posterior: Towards the back
Precoxal: Sclerotized triangle from the sternum to the coxae.
Prograde: Most common leg orientation with the two anterior pairs of legs pointing in the anterior direction and the
Sclerotized: thickened or hardened
Setae: Hair
Spinnerets: Finger like organs that spin thread that are at the posterior of the abdomen
Sternum: The ventral median bit of the cephalothorax
Tarsal Claws: Claws at the end of the tarsi
Tarsal comb: Comb of seti on the tarsi
Tarsi: The seventh segment of the leg farthest from the body
Tergites: Sclerotized bit on the dorsal section of the abdomen
Tibia: The fifth segment of the leg from the body
Tracheal spiracle: The opening to the respiratory system
Trochanter: Second segment of the leg from the body
Tubercles: knob like growths
pinneret group
d to the tip of the larger segment
d from a plate to a lobe or setae
anterior direction and the and the two posterior pairs pointed in the posterior direction