Note:  This is not a scientific site but merely a photographic journal.  I know nothing about spiders except what I learn through asking experts or from mere observation so my guess at identification of spider species may be right or wrong.  Contact experts at your extension service for precise identification.  These photos are for your enjoyment or to give you a general idea of what spider you may be seeing around the house or cabin.  The more you learn about nature, the less you have to be afraid of everything that scurries your way.  Have fun perusing!  

Jumping Spider

• Eris - jumping spider - at Pineview Reservoir, Morgan Cnty, UT
• Habronattus festus - at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge & Antelope Island
  
• Habronattus tarsalis - at Tonaquint Nature Park in St. George, UT
• Pelegrina - resembles Peppered Jumper - 2 places on Antelope Island
• Pelegrina (unidentified) - black and white spider on Antelope Island
  
• Phidippus apacheanus - brownish-yellow female on a sunflower on Antelope Island
  
• Phidippus apacheanus - red male on Antelope Island
• Phidippus audax - Part I and II - six photos on Antelope Island & in Taylorsville, UT
  
• Phidippus audax - the spider and the fly (3 photos)
• Phidippus audax vs. the Cobweb Spider - snacking in Taylorsville, Utah
• Phidippus audax - "Daring Jumping Spider" -  (Part I) 3 photos in Taylorsville, Utah
• Phidippus audax - "Daring Jumping Spider" - (Part II)  2 photos in Trenton, Utah by Trevor Morgan
• Phidippus californicus - gray and black spider with orange and white on its back - on Antelope Island
• Phidippus clarus - red, white & black jumping spider at a pond in St. George, Utah
• Phidippus instars - various developmental stages of unknown Phidippus spiders
• Phidippus instars II - small phidippus spider as yet unidentified
  
• Phidippus johnsoni - 3 color variations at Strawberry Res. & Salt Creek WMA, Utah
• Phidippus octopunctatus - gray and black jumping spider on Antelope Island
• Phiddipus (Unknown) - large gray jumper with orange, black and white markings in St. George, Utah
• Platycryptus californicus vs. Cheiracanthium - a battle to the death between two (or three) spiders
  
• Platycryptus californicus and the Fly - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Platycryptus calilfornicus - 4 photos - often confused with the similar Menemerus bivittatus - Taylorsville, Utah
• Platycryptus californicus - in its den in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Saccacus papenhoei - beetle mimicker on Antelope Island
• Sassacus vitis  (grapevine spider) - 4 photos - found at Bear River MBR & Farmington Bay, UT
• Thiodina hespera - on the Emerald Pools trail in Zion National Park
• Unknown Jumping Spiders - from Antelope Island and Bear River MGR
  
• Zebra Jumping Spider - male and female (4 photos) © Trevor Edstrom, 6-25-05 & Carol Davis
• Zebra Jumping Spider - tiny, more whitish spider in Taylorsville, Utah
  

    Orb Weaver

• Banded Argiope - (Argiope trifasciata) - female and male - Parts I, II, and III on Antelope Island
  
• Cat-faced Spider - two photos in Taylorsville, UT
• Golden Silk Orb Weaver "Banana Spider" - large orb weaver found only in the SE United States
  
• Larinioides - male on Antelope Island
• Larinioides - knitting in the old easy chair
  
• Larinoides - Quite the Haul! - Larinoides orb weaver with two damselflies
  
• Larinioides - 3 orb weavers at Bear River MBR and on Antelope Island
• Larinioides - the lair of the spider (three photos)
• Long-jawed Orb Weaver - at Payson Lakes, Nebo Loop
  
• Long-jawed Orb Weaver - 4 photos at Jordanelle and Antelope Island
• Long-jawed Orb Weaver - (Tetragnatha extensa) - in Brighton, Utah
• Long-jawed Orb Weaver - found sharing spaces with a wolf spider & black widows
  
• Neoscona crucifera - 2 photos - one with a damselfly
• Neoscona Lunch - two photos of large prey
  
• Neoscona (orb weaver) - an incredible spider.  Large and fast.  Four close-up photos.
  
• Neoscona belly-up - on Antelope Island.
  
• Sixspotted Orbweaver (Araniella displicata) - at North Arm WMA near Pineview Res.
  

    Crab Spider

• Crab Spider - (bassaniana) - Bark Crab Spider pages I and II
• Crab Spider (Bassaniana utahensis) - in Taylorsville, Utah
• Crab Spider (Misumenops) - on Antelope Island
  
• Crab Spider - (genus Misumenops) - on Antelope Island
• Crab Spider - (genus Misumenops) - at Red Butte Gardens in SLC, UT
• Crab Spider - ( genus Misumenops) - flower crab spider on Antelope Island
• Crab Spider - (Misumenops) - white crab spider with prey at Pineview Reservoir
• Crab Spider - (Misumenops ) - yellow and orange "Flower Spider" on Antelope Island
  
• Crab Spider vs. the Butterfly - Misumenops crab spider vs. the Small Wood Nymph
  
• Crab Spider (genus Ozyptila) - Taylorsville, UT
• Crab Spider (Xysticus elegans) - Elegant Crab Spider on Antelope Island
  
• Crab Spider (genus Xysticus) -  in Teasel at North Arm of Pineview Reservoir
  
• Crab Spider (genus Xysticus) - Taylorsville, UT
  
• Crab Spider - (genus unknown) - in Taylorsville, Utah
• Crab Spider - (Xysticus Cunctator) - in Taylorsville, Utah
• Goldenrod Crab Spider - (Misumena vatia) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
  
• Running Crab Spider, Pt. I - (genus Ebo) - crab spider with long 2nd leg - on Antelope Island
• Running Crab Spider Pt. II - (Apollophanes margareta) - at Garr Ranch on Antelope Island
• Running Crab Spider - (genus Thanatus) - with a Crane Fly prey
  
• Running Crab Spider - (genus Thanatus) - 2 pages from Red Butte Garden & Antelope Island, UT
• Running Crab Spider - (genus Thanatus) - guarding an egg sac - at Kolob Canyon Overlook near Cedar City, Utah
• Running Crab Spider - (Tibellus oblongus) - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Running Crab Spider - (genus Tibellus) - at Antelope Island & at Jordanelle Dam wetlands

    Cobweb Spider (including Black Widows)

• Candy Stripe Spider (female) - (Enoplognatha ovata) - white spider with a rose-colored vee in Taylorsville, Utah
• Candy Stripe Spider (male) - (Enoplognatha ovata) - photos of him and then photos of his demise
  
• The Cobweb Spider's 72-hour Emergency Kit - a tiny, tiny spider and its prey
  
• Cobweb Dreams - portrait in black and white
• The Hanging Black Widow - male black widow hanging next to the wall
  
• Immature Male Black Widow Spider - on Antelope Island
  
• Immature Female Black Widow Spider - on a bridge on Antelope Island
• Mature Male Western Black Widow - on Antelope Island
  
• Female Western Black Widow and hatchlings - in St. George, Utah
  
• Female Western Black Widow - (Latrodectus hesperus) - one on Antelope Island and two in St. George
  
• Steatoda - at Clear Lake WMA in Millard County, UT
• Steatoda Triangulosa & prey - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Steatoda triangulosa - in Taylorsville, UT
• Theridion - a family gathering lunch
• Theridion 2 - mating cobweb spiders
• Theridion 3  - tiny cobweb spider (possibly) and a midge meal
• Theridion 4 - brown and yellow cobweb spider at Brighton, Utah
  
• Unknown species - speckled brown cobweb spider at Strawberry Reservoir

    Crevice Weaver (Filistatidae)

• Crevice Weaver - (kukulcania) - spider and webs in St. George, Utah
  

    Daddy Long-legs "Harvestmen" (Opiliones)

• Harvestmen - (Phalangium opilio) - in Taylorsville, Utah
• Harvestmen - (Phalangium opilio) - two "Daddy-longlegs" from Taylorsville, Utah

    Funnel-web Weaver

• Barn Funnel Weaver - (Tegenaria domestica) - light brown funnel weaver in Taylorsville, UT
  
• Funnel Weaver - six pages of different kinds of funnel weavers
• Funnels of the Funnel Weavers - webs of the funnel weaver spiders
  
• Grass Spider - (Agelenopsis) - large  male Grass spider in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Grass Spider - (Agelenopsis) - large brown spider with bristly legs on Antelope Island
  
• Hololena - funnel-web spider tethered to the tub
  

   Ground  Spider (Gnaphosidae)

• Ground Spider - (Gnaphosidae) - 4 photos, three different spiders
• Ground Spider - (Sergiolus) - tiny ant-sized spider in February in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Ghaphosid-like Black Spider - found on Antelope Island
• Ground Spider, Part II - (Gnaphosidae) - two photos in Taylorsville, UT
• Ground Spider, Part III - (Gnaphosidae & Trachelas) - four photos at Bear River MBR
• Ground Spider, Part IV - (Gnaphosidae) - 1 photo in Taylorsville, Utah
  

    Hacklemesh Weaver

• Hacklemesh Weaver - (Amaurobiidae) - at Bear River MBR and in Taylorsville, UT
  

    Mesh Web Weaver 

• Dictyna  (Dictynidae) - in St. George, Utah and Bear River MBR
• Dictyna coloradensis  "branch tip spider" at Bear River MBR in Utah
• Dictyna Webs - at Bear River MBR and Antelope Island

    Prowling Spider (Miturgidae) 

• Long-legged Sac Spider I - (Cheiracanthium inclusum) - Yellow Sac Spider in Taylorsville, Utah  (4 photos)
• Long-legged Sac Spider  II - with spotted abdomen in Taylorsville, UT
• Cheiracanthium mildei - gray and yellow sac spider in Taylorsville, Utah
  

    Sheet Web and Dwarf Spiders

• Sheet Web Spiders -  3 pages with 3 different species at  Pineview Reservoir and in St. George, Utah
  

    Wolf Spider (Lycosidae)

• The Mother Wolf Spider - two photos of mothers with egg sacs
• Large Wolf Spider (Lycosidae) - 3 photos on Antelope Island--1 inch body
  
• Wolf Spider 1 - (Trochosa Pirata, and Arctosa)  -3 photos
  
• Wolf Spider 2 - wolf spider on Antelope Island
• Wolf Spider 3- (probably Pirata) - in Taylorsville, Utah
• Wolf Spider 4 - (probably Pirata)  2 photos in Taylorsville, Utah
• Wolf Spider 5 - (probably Pirata) - 2 photos on Antelope Island
• Wolf Spider 6 - (unknown species) - male and female lycosidae on Antelope Island
  
• Wolf Spider - (Alopecosa cuneata) - with egg sac - photo contributed by Ryan Copling
• Pardosa (Thin-legged Wolf Spider) - on the Narrows trail in Zion National Park
• Pirata - 2 pages of these wolf spiders
  

    Other Spiders

*Note:  All spider identifications are merely a guess by a spider admirer. 
Input from experts would be greatly appreciated! (birdbrain@amazingnature.us)
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