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| Kinds | - Acanthoctenidae
- Actinopodidae, Mouse spiders
- Agelenidae, Funnel weavers
- Amaurobiidae, Hackledmesh weavers
- Ammoxenidae
- Amphinectidae
- Anapidae
- Antrodiaetidae, Foldingdoor spiders
- Anyphaenidae, Ghost spiders
- Aphantochilidae
- Araneidae, Orbweavers
- Archaeidae
- Argyronetidae
- Arkyidae
- Atypidae, Purseweb spiders
- Austrochilidae
- Barychelidae, Brushfooted trapdoor spiders
- Caponiidae
- Chummidae
- Cithaeronidae
- Clubionidae, Sac spiders
- Corinnidae, Antmimic spiders
- Cryptothelidae
- Ctenidae, Wandering spiders
- Ctenizidae, Trapdoor spiders
- Cyatholipidae
- Cybaeidae, Water spiders
- Cycloctenidae, Scuttling spiders
- Cyrtaucheniidae
- Deinopidae, Ogrefaced spiders
- Desidae
- Dictynidae, Meshweavers
- Diguetidae, Desertshrub spiders
- Dinopidae
- Dipluridae, Funnelweb spiders
- Drymusidae
- Dysderidae, Dysderids
- Eresidae
- Euctenizidae
- Eutichuridae
- Filistatidae, Crevice weavers
- Gallieniellidae
- Gnaphosidae, Stealthy ground spiders
- Gradungulidae
- Hadrotarsidae
- Hahniidae, Hahniid sheet-web spiders
- Halidae, Halid spiders
| - Hersiliidae, Longspinneret spiders
- Heteropodidae
- Heterozerconidae
- Hexathelidae, Australian funnelweb spiders
- Hickmaniidae
- Holarchaeidae
- Homalonychidae, Dusty desert spiders
- Huttoniidae
- Hypochilidae, Lampshade weavers
- Idiopidae, Armored trapdoor spiders
- Lamponidae, Whitetailed spiders
- Leptonetidae, Cave spiders
- Linyphiidae, Sheetweb and dwarf weavers
- Liocranidae
- Liphistiidae, Segmented trapdoor spiders
- Loxoscelidae, Recluse spiders
- Lycosidae, Wolf spiders
- Lyssomanidae
- Malkaridae, Shield spiders
- Mecicobothriidae
- Mecysmaucheniidae
- Megadictynidae
- Micropholcommatidae
- Microstigmatidae
- Migidae, Tree trapdoor spiders
- Mimetidae, Pirate spiders
- Miturgidae, Prowling spiders
- Mysmenidae, Dwarf cobweb weavers
- Nemesiidae
- Neolanidae
- Nephilidae
- Nesticidae, Cave cobweb spiders
- Nicodamidae
- Ochyroceratidae
- Oecobiidae, Flatmesh weavers
- Oonopidae, Dwarf sixeyed spiders
- Orsolobidae
- Oxyopidae, Lynx spiders
- Pacullidae
- Palpimanidae
- Pararchaeidae
- Paratropididae, Baldlegged spiders
- Penestomidae
- Periegopidae
- Philodromidae, Running crab spiders
- Pholcidae, Cellar
- Phrurolithidae
| - Physoglenidae
- Phyxelididae
- Pimoidae
- Pisauridae, Nursery web spiders
- Platoridae
- Plectreuridae
- Prodidomidae
- Psechridae
- Pycnothelidae
- Salticidae, Jumping spiders
- Scytodidae, Spitting spiders
- Segestriidae, Tunnel spiders
- Selenopidae
- Senoculidae
- Sicariidae, Sixeyed sicariid spiders
- Sparassidae, Giant crab spiders
- Stenochilidae
- Stiphidiidae
- Symphytognathidae, Dwarf orbweavers
- Synaphridae
- Synotaxidae
- Telemidae
- Tengellidae
- Tetrablemmidae
- Tetragnathidae, Longjawed orbweavers
- Textricellidae
- Thaididae
- Theraphosidae, Tarantulas
- Theridiidae, Cobweb weavers
- Theridiosomatidae, Ray orbweavers
- Thomisidae, Crab spiders
- Titanoecidae
- Toxopidae
- Trachelidae
- Trechaleidae
- Trochanteriidae
- Trogloraptoridae
- Udubidae
- Uloboridae, Hackled orbweavers
- Viridasiidae
- Zodariidae
- Zoridae
- Zorocratidae
- Zoropsidae
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Overview | |
Spiders are a group of Arachnida. Spiders make use of silk that they spin to fly or catch insects. Most spiders are terrestrial, but some have
adapted to freshwater by trapping air bubbles and carrying these bubbles with them. Spiders occur worldwide and about 34,000 species have been
identified. Spiders have eight legs, anterior appendages bearing fangs and poison glands, and specialized reproductive organs on the second
second appendages of the male. Most spiders have a body length of less than 1 cm, but the largest spider has a body length of about 9 cm. Spider
leg length, however, can be much greater than that. Spiders are carnivorous and feed on living prey. The bite of a spider can be painful, but
most are too small to break the human skin. Even fewer spiders are dangerous to humans.
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Scientific Name -- Common Name
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Arthropoda -- Arthropods
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Updated: 2024-04-25 19:52:28 gmt
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