This table, the drawings of spiders and webs below will make it easier to identify a spider. Together with the thumbnail page you can find the family or your spider.
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Inside and outside buildings |
On or close to the ground |
Under stones, logs, litter, et cetera |
Low or medium foliage |
Tall shrubs and trees, under bark |
Rock, walls, caves, banks |
Close to water or in water |
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Funnel weaver |
Funnel weaver |
Orb web spider |
Purse web spider |
Sac spider |
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Small cribellate |
Cell spider |
Lady bird spider |
Ground spider |
Sheet web spider |
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Wolf spider |
Dwarf cell spider |
Lynx spider |
Crab spider |
Daddy longleg |
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Big wolf spider |
Jumping spider |
Spitting spider |
Six-eyed spider |
Stretch spider |
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Scaffold web |
Crab spider |
Cribellate spider |
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Wandering spider |
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Ed Nieuwenhuys, April 1999
