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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. The photo at the top of the page
is a crab spider. Copyright information is at the bottom of the page.


    Jumping Spider (Salticidae)
     Orb Weaver (Araneidae)
     Crab Spider (Thomisidae)
    Cobweb Spider - including Black Widows (Theridiidae)
    • 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
    • Black Widow - (Latrodectus hesperus) - female just hanging about
    • Black Widow Spider - immature female - (Latrodectus hesperus) - on a bridge on Antelope Island
    • Black Widow - female and hatchlings - (Latrodectus hesperus) - in St. George, Utah
    • Black Widow - female - (Latrodectus hesperus) - one on Antelope Island and two in St. George
    • Black Widow - immature - (Latrodectus hesperus)  - brown spider with orange, white and black markings
    • Black Widow with Prey - male -  (Latrodectus hesperus) - brown and white male instar with ant prey
    • Black Widow - mature male - (Latrodectus hesperus) - on Antelope Island
    • Black Widow - male - (Latrodectus hesperus) - hanging next to the wall
    • Black Widow - immature male -  (Latrodectus hesperus) - immature male on Antelope Island
    • Cobweb Spider -(genus Robertus) - tiny black and brown spider on Antelope Island
    • Cobweb Dreams - portrait in black and white
    • Steatoda - brown spider with orange markings at Strawberry Res., Wasatch Cnty, Utah
    • Steatoda - brown spider near the Lazy Day Cafe in Millcreek, Utah
    • Steatoda - another larger dimpled brown cobweb spider in Millcreek
    • Steatoda - at Clear Lake WMA in Millard County, UT
    • Steatoda triangulosa & prey - in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Steatoda triangulosa - in Taylorsville, UT
    • Theridion - Theridion melanurum -small dark male spider with striped legs in Taylorsville, Utah
    • 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  
     Funnel-web Weaver (Agelenidae)
      Ground Spider (Gnaphosidae)
     Prowling Spider - Yellow Sac Spiders (Miturgidae) 

     Sheetweb Weavers (Linyphiinae)

     Spitting Spider   (Scytodidae)
  • Spitting Spider - (Scytodes thoracica) - beautifully-pattterned (expectorating) brown spider in Taylorsville, UT
     Wolf Spider (Lycosidae)      Other Spiders & Arachnids
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Photos belonging to other individuals on this site are their works and you must contact them for usage rights.

I love this quote by Rod Crawford from the Burke Museum "...house spiders are mostly harmless and beneficial. Human property rights
mean nothing to other species. There was spider habitat for millions of years where your home is now. My advice is, 'just wave as they go by.'"

Note: All spider identifications are merely a guess by a spider admirer. Input from experts would be
greatly appreciated! (birdbrain@amazingnature.us)
Thanks to Bugguide.net for helping to identify the spiders on this site.

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