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Bolas spider
A bolas spider (Mastophora phrynosoma) hunting prey with a sticky droplet at the end of a silk thread.
list of spiders
Spiders (order Araneae) are a group of arachnids that includes more than 50,000 species known to science. All spiders are predators, feeding almost entirely on other arthropods, especially insects. Some spiders are active hunters that chase and overpower their prey, while others weave silk snares, webs, or burrows to capture prey. This is a list of notable spiders grouped by infraorder (or suborder) and arranged alphabetically.
order Araneae (spiders)
- infraorder Araneomorphae
- brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
- comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae)
- black widows (genus Latrodectus)
- redback (Latrodectus hasselti)
- crab spiders (family Thomisidae)
- funnel weavers (family Agelenidae)
- giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima)
- jumping spiders (family Salticidae)
- jumping ant spider (Myrmarachne formicaria)
- peacock spiders (genus Maratus)
- lynx spiders (family Oxyopidae)
- nursery-web spiders (family Pisauridae)
- ogre-faced spiders (family Deinopidae)
- orb weavers (family Araneidae)
- bolas spiders (genus Mastophora)
- garden spider (Araneus diadematus)
- silk spiders (genera Nephila and Trichonephila; sometimes placed in the family Nephilidae)
- golden silk spider (T. clavipes)
- joro spider (T. clavata)
- pelican spiders (family Archaeidae)
- pirate spiders (family Mimetidae)
- ray spiders (family Theridiosomatidae)
- sac spiders (family Clubionidae)
- sheet-web weavers (family Linyphiidae)
- spitting spiders (family Scytodidae)
- wandering spiders (family Ctenidae)
- water spider (Argyroneta aquatica)
- wolf spiders (family Lycosidae)
- infraorder Mygalomorphae
- Australian funnel-web spiders (family Atracidae)
- curtain-web spiders (family Dipluridae)
- folding-door spiders (family Antrodiaetidae)
- turret spider (Atypoides riversi)
- purseweb spiders (family Atypidae)
- tarantulas (family Theraphosidae)
- desert tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes)
- goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)
- trapdoor spiders (family Ctenizidae and others)
- California trapdoor spider (Bothriocyrtum californicum)
- ravine trapdoor spider (Cyclocosmia truncata)
- suborder Mesothelae
- segmented spiders (family Liphistiidae)
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