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Black / Dark Brown and White Spiders
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1. Spiders with black abdomen with white transverse marks or bands:
Antmimics (Castianeira)
Family Gnaphosidae - Ground Spiders
Platform spiders (Microlinyphia)
Family Salticidae - Jumping Spiders
Family Theridiidae - Cobweb Spiders
2. Spiders with longitudinal black abdomen center with white transverse markings and bordered by white longitudinal markings:
Subfamily Linyphiinae - Sheetweb Spiders
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Family Dictynidae - Mesh Web Weavers
3. Black Spiders with black abdomen center bordered by white longitudinal markings:
Subfamily Linyphiinae - Sheetweb Spiders
Family Dictynidae - Mesh Web Weavers
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Family Philodromidae - Running Crab Spiders
4. Black Spiders with white longitudinal mid-abdominal markings:
Family Gnaphosidae - Ground Spiders
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Family Theridiidae - Cobweb Spiders
5. Other Black/dark brown and white spiders:
Subfamily Linyphiinae - Sheetweb Spiders
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Family Lycosidae - Wolf Spiders
Family Pisauridae - Nursery Web Spiders
Family Philodromidae - Running Crab Spiders
Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders
Family Araneidae - Orb Weavers
Family Theridiidae - Cobweb Spiders
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Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 18 January, 2009 - 12:18pm
Last updated 5 February, 2015 - 7:48am
Cesonia bilineata
I would add
Cesonia bilineata
(Gnaphosidae) to this list.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2042
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Ungoliant
, 19 June, 2014 - 3:03am
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Slight Tweak
You may notice that some of your examples are brown rather than black. Since it's so hard drawing the line between dark brown and black, I would suggest specifically stating that dark brown is included, perhaps by saying "black/dark brown".
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Chuck Entz
, 18 January, 2009 - 8:09pm
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Thanks,
good idea.
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Lynette Elliott
, 18 January, 2009 - 9:12pm
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Maybe
Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
Micrathena mitrata (White Micrathena)
Salticus scenicus (Zebra Jumper)
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John R. Maxwell
, 18 January, 2009 - 6:32pm
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Thanks!
I put the first two on, but I already had the Zebra.
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Lynette Elliott
, 18 January, 2009 - 7:41pm
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