Chelicerata- Mainly Spiders, Mites, and Other Arachnids

Harvestmen

Opiliones

Mites

Ticks

tickdorsalview2007-5-2.jpgDermacentor variabilis

Ixodes scapularis

Varroa mites

varroadorsal.jpgVarroa Destructor

Red Velvet Mites

Trombidioidea

Another One

Water Mites

Parasitengona

Carrion Mites

Poecilochirus

Another Poecilochirus

Clover Mites

Bryobia praetiosa

Spider Mites

Tetranychidae

Pseudoscorpions

pseudoscorpion_sharpfocus588k.jpgChelifer cancroides

Spiders

Cobweb spiders

Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Enoplognatha species

femalespiderdorsaldimples2008-1-1.jpg malespiderdorsal2008-1-1.jpgSteatoda species

redspider2007-4-24backdoorno1.jpgMale Steatoda specimen with separate entry

Crab spiders

Miscellaneous brown crab spiders

femalecrabspideronstage.jpgMisumenops or Xysticus (female)

Misumena vatia (female)

goldenrodcrabdorsal.jpgMisumena vatia (male)

Misumena vatia (found in mud dauber nest)

tibellusfulldorsal.jpg Tibellus

Unidentified Crab Spider

Unidentified Crab Spider

Funnel-weavers (*North American species, not venomous*)

malefunnel-webdorsal.jpgAgelenidae

Very Large Grass Spider

Grass Spider in Web

European House spiders

europeanhousespider.jpgTegenaria domestica

Another Tegenaria domestica

Jumping spiders

Phidippus

Phidippus species 2

Phidippus species 3

dorsal.jpg Salticidae #1

Salticidae #2

Salticidae #3

Salticus scenicus

Synagelinae (ant mimics)

Long-Jawed Orb Weavers

Tetragnatha

Orb Weavers

Araniella displicata

Araneus

Larinioides sclopetarius

Orb Web

Cellar Spiders

Pholcus phalangioides

Pholcus phalangioides

Wolf Spiders

Lycosidae (large)

Lycosidae (small)

Lycosidae (with eggs)

Fishing Spiders

Fimbriatus

/a (large)

One Response leave one →
  1. December 11, 2015

    Ha ha! I love photos like that! I’ve got a few of me with a live hisnisg cockroach (Jeffrey my favorite roach) sitting on my face. I thought they were kinda fun! I think I might scream like a little girl if a live huntsman was on my face though. Those things look pretty darned big in the photos I’ve seen!

Leave a Reply

Note: You can use basic XHTML in your comments. Your email address will never be published.

Subscribe to this comment feed via RSS