Araneae

Spiders

Eight legs, two body parts and no wings or antennae. Almost all spiders make silk and use venom to subdue their prey, but only a few are a danger to people.

Around 52,000 species worldwide · 60 species in this volume

Funnel weaversAgelenidae2 species Ghost spidersAnyphaenidae1 species

Orb-weaver spidersAraneidae18 species Yellow sac spidersCheiracanthiidae1 species Meshweb weaversDictynidae1 species Wolf spidersLycosidae1 species Running crab spidersPhilodromidae2 species Cellar spidersPholcidae2 species Nursery web spidersPisauridae1 species

Jumping spidersSalticidae11 species Spitting spidersScytodidae1 species Tube-dwelling spidersSegestriidae1 species Recluse spidersSicariidae1 species

Huntsman spidersSparassidae3 species Long-jawed orb weaversTetragnathidae2 species

Cobweb spidersTheridiidae4 species

Crab spidersThomisidae7 species False wolf spidersZoropsidae1 species