Order Araneae - Spiders Photo Gallery by Stephen Luk at pbase.com

Order Araneae - Spiders

Spiders are characterized by two body regions (cephalothorax and abdomen), four pairs of legs, chelicerae and pedipalps. Virtually all spiders are predators (only one phytophagous species is known to date). Spiders produce silk from spinnerets beneath the abdomen.

Family Agelenidae - Funnel-web Spiders	Family Anyphaenidae - Ghost Spiders	Family Araneidae - Orb Weavers	Family Cheiracanthiidae - Prowling Spiders	Family Clubionidae - Sac Spiders
Family Corinnidae - Ground Sac Spiders	Family Dictynidae - Meshweb Spiders	Family Gnaphosidae - Ground Spiders	Family Linyphiidae - Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders	Family Lycosidae - Wolf Spiders
Family Mimetidae - Pirate Spiders	Family Philodromidae - Running Crab Spiders	Family Pholcidae - Cellar Spiders	Family Pisauridae - Nursery Web Spiders	Family Salticidae - Jumping Spiders
Family Tetragnathidae - Longjawed Orbweavers	Family Theridiidae - Cobweb Spiders	Family Theridiosomatidae - Ray Spiders	Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders	Hacklemesh Weaver (Coras sp.), family Amaurobiidae
Phrurotimpus sp., family Phrurolithidae	Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata), family Dysderidae	Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata), family Dysderidae	Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata), family Dysderidae	Cicurina sp., family Hahniidae
Cicurina sp., family Hahniidae

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