Three ways to identify your spider
1. Use the habitat key. Where was the spider?
On the ground
In a web or aerial snare
On a plant
2. Or ... Browse spider families:
3. Or ... Check other spider resources
- Common Spiders in California - Steve Lew's web site
- Spiders collected at the Angelo Reserve - species list
- Spiders at the Hastings Reserve - species list
- Spider information and guide - BugGuide
- Spiders.us - for help identifying U.S. and Canadian species
- Go Directly to Spider Families: Agelenidae • Amaurobiidae • Araneidae • Antrodiaetidae • Anyphaenidae • Dictynidae • Gnaphosidae • Hahniidae • Linyphiidae • Lycosidae • Oxyopidae • Philodromidae • Pimoidae • Salticidae • Tetragnathidae • Theridiidae • Thomisidae • Uloboridae