A camel spider, which is also in the class Arachnida with spiders interestingly enough, is not a spider at all. A camel spider is actually a solpugid, and there are about 900 species of them known to date. Around 50 species of camel spiders are … [Read more...]
Black Widow Spider
A Black Widow spider is classified in the genus Latrodectus and in the family Therididae. All together there are around six different species of Black Widows and all of them are venomous. A Black Widow spider is also referred to as the … [Read more...]
Brown Recluse Spider
The brown recluse spider is part of the genus Loxosceles and is sometimes known as "fiddleback" spiders or "violin" spiders because of the violin-shaped marking on the top of the cephalothorax, which are the head and the thorax. The brown recluse … [Read more...]
Brown Widow Spider
Did you know that in Florida, there are four types of Widow Spiders? They are the Northern Black Widow spider, the Southern Widow Spider, the red Widow Spider and the Brown Widow Spider which will discuss in more detail below. Although the venom of … [Read more...]
Banana Spider
The Banana Spider is known to hide among bananas shipped to the US and is really called the Brazilian Wandering Spider. These spiders are aggressive and very venomous and not intimidated by size (can attack people when threatened). The odd … [Read more...]
Hobo Spider
The hobo spider is from the family Agelenidae. The hobo spider is also known as the aggressive house spider. Hobo spiders are found generally in the northwest part of the United States, western Canada, and throughout Europe. The hobo spider … [Read more...]
Wolf Spider
The wolf spider is a member of the Lycosidae family, the order Aranedia. There are around 125 species that are found in the United States and about 50 species that are found in Europe. A full grown wolf spider is typically a half an inch to two … [Read more...]
Garden Spider
There are many different types of garden spider, most of the time these spiders are found in the lawn or garden but can also be found within the home as well. Garden spiders include the following: meshweb spiders, crab spiders, running crab spiders, … [Read more...]
Jumping Spider
The jumping spider is from the family Salticidae, in the order Araneae, and in the class of Arachnida. The name jumping spider? really refers to most any group of hunting spiders that have the ability to jump or leap anywhere from 10 all the way to … [Read more...]
Brown Spider
Brown Spider, Family Sicariidae (Loxoscelidae) has other names as well, including violin spider, Arizona brown spider, fiddle spider, necrotizing spider and of course, the brown recluse. The brown spider is small and inconspicuous with slightly … [Read more...]
Giant Sea Spiders
Giant sea spiders spanning six feet in length and faster than one cares to imagine have been found in the waters of Antarctica! Below is a picture of the sea spider as it retreats from the light. When I heard about these giant sea spiders, I … [Read more...]