Thumbnail pictures grouped by family
This page contains a selection of thumbnail pictures of the spiders that are reviewed on the spiders of NW-Europe pages.
Click on the link above the pictures for larger images and a description of that family.
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Atypus piceus |
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Amaurobius fenestralis |
Amaurobius ferox
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Amaurobius claustrarius |
Amaurobius similis |
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| Dictyna latens |
Lathys humilis |
Nigma puella female
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Nigma puella male
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Nigma walckenaeri |
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| Eresus sandaliatus |
Eresus cinnaberinus |
Eresus ruficapillus |
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Eresus walckenaerius |
Eresus ZZ295 (Spain) | Eresus ZZ352 (Tunisia) |
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| Oecobius navus | Oecobius sp Female | Oecobius sp Male |
Uloboridae, cribellate orb spiders
E-cribellataeHaplogynae (six-eyed spiders)
Dysderidae, cell spiders
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Dysdera sp.
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Dysdera crocata |
Dysdera erythrina |
Oonopidae, dwarfcel spiders
Scytodidae, spitting spiders
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Scytodes thoracica
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Segestriidae, six-eyed spiders
Entelegynae (eight eyed spiders)
Agelenidae, funnel weavers, grass spiders
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Agelena labyrinthica |
Agelena sp. |
Agelena gracilens |
Agelena similis |
Coelotes terrestris |
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Tegenaria atrica |
Tegenaria agrestis |
Tegenaria parietina |
Tegenaria silvestris |
Tegenaria domestica |
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| Tegenaria gigantea |
Textrix denticulata |
Anyphaenidae, sac spiders
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Anyphaena accentuata |
Argyronetidae, water spiders
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Argyroneta aquatica
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Araneidae, orb web spiders
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Aculepeira ceropegia female |
Aculepeira ceropegia male |
Aculepeira armida |
Araneus diadematus |
Araneus ? |
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Araneus ? |
Araneus angulatus |
Araneus quadratus | Araneus quadratus | |
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Araniella cucerbinata |
Araniella alpica |
Araniella displicata |
Atea sturmi | |
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| Araniella inconspicua |
Argiope bruennichi young |
Argiope lobata |
Argiope bruennichi |
Cyclosa conica |
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Agalenatea redii |
Gibbaranea gibbosa |
Gibbaranea bituberculata |
Larinioides sclopetarius |
Larinioides cornutus M |
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Larinioides pagatiatus F |
Mangora acalypha |
Nuctenea umbratica |
Singa nitidula |
Singa hamata |
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Zygiella x-notata |
Zygiella atrica |
Zilla diodia |
Cyrtophora citricola tent spider |
Clubionidae, sac spiders
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Clubiona corticalis
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Cheiracanthium erraticum
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Clubiona reclusa
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Clubiona terrestris
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Clubiona reclusa
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Eusparassidae, hunt crabspiders
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Micrommata virescens F |
Micrommata virescens M |
Olios sp. |
Erigonidae, dwarf spiders
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Enidia bituberculata |
Erigone arctica |
Gnaphosidae, ground spiders
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Micaria romana
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Callilepis nocturna
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Micaria sp.
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Nomisia aussereri
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Scotophaeus blackwalli
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Gnaphosa leporina
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Poecilochroa conspicua
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Drassodes lapidosus
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Zelotus latreillei |
Zelotus pedestris |
unknown |
Hahniidae, dwarf funnel spiders
Linyphiidae, Sheet web, dwarf or money spiders
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Linyphia sp. |
Labulla thoracica |
Drapetisca socialis |
Neriene montana |
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Neriene radiata |
Neriene peltata |
Linyphia triangularis |
frontinellina frutetorum |
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| Lepthyphantes tenuis | Floronia bucculenta |
Liocranidae
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Liocranum rupicola |
Lycosidae, wolf spiders
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Aulonia albimana
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Arctosa cinerea
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Arctosa perita
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Alopecosa cuneata
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Alopecosa cuneata
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Alopecosa pulverenta
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Hogna radiata |
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Pardosa agricola |
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Pardosa amentata |
Pardosa nigriceps |
Pardosa lugubris |
Pardosa prativaga |
Pirata piraticus |
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Trochosa terricola
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Trochosa terricola |
Trochosa ruricola |
Metidae, orb stretch spiders
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Meta segmentata
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Meta menardi |
Meta merianae
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Meta mengei
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Mimetidae, pirate spiders
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Ero aphana |
Oxyopidae, lynx spiders
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Oxyopes sp. M
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Oxyopes sp. F
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Oxyopes lineatus F
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Oxyopes sp1. M
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Oxyopes sp1. F
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Philodromidae, crab spiders
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Philodromus aureolus M |
Philodromus aureolus F |
Philodromus cespitum |
Philodromus emarginatus |
Philodromus dispar F |
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Philodromus dispar M |
Philodromus rufus M |
Philodromus rufus F |
Philodromus albidus M |
Philodromus F fuscoemerginatus |
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Philodromus sp. F |
Tibelus oblongus
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Thanatus alpinus |
Thanatus arenarius |
Thanatus formicinus |
Thanatus sp. |
Pholcidae, daddy longlegs, vibrating or cellar spiders
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Holocnemus pluchei |
Pholcus phalangioides |
Psilochorus simoni |
Pisauridae, big wolf or nursery web spiders
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Dolomedes fimbriatus |
Dolomedes plantarius |
Pisaura mirabilis |
Salticidae, jumping spiders
Tetragnathidae, stretch spiders or long jawed orb weavers
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Tetragnatha extensa M |
Tetragnatha extensa F |
Tetragnatha montana |
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Pachygnatha clercki F |
Pachygnatha clercki M |
Pachygnatha degeeri |
Theridiidae & Nesticidae, scaffold web spiders
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| Achaearanea tepidariorum |
Achaearanea lunata |
Achaeranea lunata male | Achaeranea riparia | Achaeranea ZZ169 |
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Anelosimus vittatatus |
Crustulina guttata |
Enoplognatha ovata |
Enoplognatha ovata |
Enoplognatha mordax? |
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| Episinus angulatus |
Euryopis sp. |
Keijia tinctum |
Latrodectus hasselti | Neottiura bimaculata |
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Steatoda bipunctata |
Steatoda albomaculata M |
Steatoda albomaculata F |
Steatoda triangulosa |
Steatoda triangulosa |
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Steatoda paykulliana |
Steatoda phalerata | Steatoda grossa M | Steatoda grossa F | Steatoda grossa F |
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Theridion pallens M |
Theridion pallens F | Theridion varians |
Theridon pictum |
Theridon melanurum |
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Theridion sisyphium |
Nesticus cellulanus |
Thomisidae, crab spiders
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Diaea dorsata M
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Diaea dorsata F
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Misumena vatia
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Thomisus onustus
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Heriaeus hirtus
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Misumenops tricuspidatus M
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Misumenops tricuspidatus F
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Synaema globosum
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Synaema globosum
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Synaema globosum
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Xysticus cristatus F
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Xysticus cristatus M
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Xysticus lanio
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Xysticus audax
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Xysticus kempelini |
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Xysticus sabulosis |
Xysticus ulmi |
Xysticus erraticus |
Tmarus piger |
Ozyptila trux |
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Ozyptila praticola
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Ozyptila? ZZ164 | ? ZZ165 | Runcinia ZZ211 |
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Zoridae (Ctenidae), wandering spiders
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Zora spinimana |
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Zora spinimana |
Order Opiliones - Harvestmen
Trodulidae & nemastomatidae & Phalangiidae
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Dicranopalpus ramosus |
Opilio ravanea |
Mitopus morio |
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Oligolophus saxatilis |
Phalangium opilio |
Leiobunum rotundum |
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Leiobunum rotundum male |
Paroligolophus agrestis |
Odiellus spinosus |
Ed Nieuwenhuys, July 24, 2009