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This is a list of all species that have been found in Texas, United States of America, as of July 17, 2006. It is taken from the Catalogue of Texas Spiders by D. Allen Dean, which was started in 1940. The list contains 980 species in 52 families.
Phidippus is a genus in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). [1] Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant, iridescent green chelicerae.
Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, [2] [3] black and yellow garden spider, [4] golden garden spider, [5] writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. [6] The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833.
It is the banana spider’s doppelganger, the Brazilian Wandering Spider, that was named the most venomous animal in 2007 by the Guinness Book of World Records. To tell the two apart, take a ...
Wolf spider. What they look like: With over 200 species of wolf spiders crawling around, it’s no wonder that they range in size and appearance.“The largest species can be up to an inch and a ...
You won’t believe just how big some spiders can get! Watch our video spotlighting the ten biggest spiders on earth with some walking on legs over a foot in width.
Cicurina madla is a rare species of spider in the family Cicurinidae, [1] known by the common name Madla Cave meshweaver.It is endemic to Texas, United States, where it is known to originate from only eight or nine caves in Bexar County. [3]
There are only a few species of spiders in the U.S. that can bite humans. “The truth is that most spiders are too small to bite us, including those adorable jumping spiders,” Jody Gangloff ...