List of spider common names

This is an incomplete and inauthoritative list of common spider names in the English language.

• Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Starbellied orbweaver
• Acanthoscurria geniculata C. L. Koch (Theraphosidae) – Whitebanded tarantula or Brazilian whiteknee tarantula
• Achaearanea tepidariorum C. L. Koch (Theridiidae) – Common house spider
• Agelenopsis spp. Giebel (Agelenidae) – American grass spiders
• Aphonopelma anax Chamberlin (Theraphosidae) – Texas tan tarantula
• Aphonopelma bicoloratum ]
• Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin (Theraphosidae) – Desert blond tarantula
• Aphonopelma eutylenum Chamberlin (Theraphosidae) – California ebony tarantula
• Aphonopelma hentzi Girard (Theraphosidae) – Texas brown tarantula
• Aphonopelma moderatum Chamberlin & Ivie (Theraphosidae) – Rio Grande gold tarantula
• Aphonopelma seemanni F. O. P.-Cambridge (Theraphosidae) – Costa Rican zebra tarantula
• Araneus cavaticus Keyserling (Araneidae) – Barn orbweaver or Barn spider
• Araneus diadematus Clerck (Araneidae) – Cross orbweaver or European garden spider
• Araneus marmoreus Clerck (Araneidae) – Marbled orbweaver
• Araneus spp. Clerck (Araneidae) – Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers
• Araneus thaddeus Hentz (Araneidae) – Lattice orbweaver
• Araneus trifolium Hentz (Araneidae) – Shamrock orbweaver
• Araniella displicata Hentz (Araneidae) – Sixspotted orbweaver
• Argiope argentata Fabricius (Araneidae) – Silver garden spider
• Argiope aurantia Lucas (Araneidae) – Yellow garden spider
• Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie (Araneidae) – Florida garden spider
• Argiope spp. Audouin (Araneidae) – Garden orbweavers
• Argiope trifasciata Forskål (Araneidae) – Banded garden spider
• Argyrodes spp. Simon (Theridiidae) – Dewdrop spiders
• Argyroneta aquatica Clerck (Cybaeidae) – European water spider or Diving bell spider
• Atrax robustus O. P.-Cambridge (Hexathelidae) – Sydney funnelweb spider or Australasian funnel-web spider
• Atypoides riversi O. P.-Cambridge (Antrodiaetidae) – Turret spider
• Avicularia avicularia Linnaeus (Theraphosidae) – Pinktoe tarantula
• Avicularia juruensi Mello-Leitão (Theraphosidae) – Yellowbanded tarantula
• Avicularia metallica Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Whitetoe tarantula
• Avicularia purpurea Kirk (Theraphosidae) – Ecuadorian purple tarantula
• Avicularia urticans Schmidt (Theraphosidae) – Peruvian pinktoe tarantula
• Avicularia versicolor Walckenaer (Theraphosidae) – Antilles pinktoe tarantula
• Bassaniana spp. Strand (Thomisidae) – Bark crab spiders
• Bothriocyrtum californicum O. P.-Cambridge (Ctenizidae) – California trapdoor spider
• Brachypelma albopilosum Valerio (Theraphosidae) – Curlyhair tarantula
• Brachypelma angustum Valerio (Theraphosidae) – Costa Rican red tarantula
• Brachypelma auratum Schmidt (Theraphosidae) – Mexican flameknee tarantula
• Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith (Theraphosidae) – Mexican orangebeauty tarantula
• Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas (Theraphosidae) – Mexican fireleg tarantula
• Brachypelma emilia White (Theraphosidae) – Mexican redleg tarantula
• Brachypelma epicureanum Chamberlin (Theraphosidae) – Yucatan rustrump tarantula
• Brachypelma klaasi Schmidt & Krause (Theraphosidae) – Mexican pink tarantula
• Brachypelma smithi F. O. P.-Cambridge (Theraphosidae) – Mexican redknee tarantula
• Brachypelma vagans Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Mexican redrump tarantula
• Brazilopelma colloratvillosum – Brazilian black and white tarantula
• Castianeira cingulata C. L. Koch (Corinnidae) – Twobanded antmimic
• Castianeira descripta Hentz (Corinnidae) – Redspotted antmimic
• Castianeira gertschi Kaston (Corinnidae) – Gertsch antmimic
• Ceratogyrus bechuanicus Purcell (Theraphosidae) – Curvedhorn tarantula
• Ceratogyrus brachycephalus Hewitt (Theraphosidae) – Greaterhorned tarantula
• Ceratogyrus marshalli Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Straighthorned tarantula
• Cheiracanthium inclusum Hentz (Miturgidae) – Agrarian sac spider or Yellow sac spider
• Cheiracanthium spp. C. L. Koch (Miturgidae) – Longlegged sac spiders
• Chilobrachys andersoni Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Burmese mustard tarantula
• Chilobrachys sericeus Thorell (Theraphosidae) – Asian mustard tarantula
• Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Strand (Theraphosidae) – Greenbottle blue tarantula
• Cicurina baronia Gertsch (Dictynidae) – Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
• Cicurina madla Gertsch (Dictynidae) – Madla Cave meshweaver
• Cicurina veni Gertsch (Dictynidae) – Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver
• Cicurina vespera Gertsch (Dictynidae) – Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver
• Cicurina wartoni Gertsch (Dictynidae) – Warton meshweaver
• Citharischius crawshayi Pocock (Theraphosidae) – King baboon tarantula
• Clubiona kastoni Gertsch (Clubionidae) – Kaston sac spider
• Clubiona spp. Latreille (Clubionidae) – Leafcurling sac spiders
• Crassicrus lamanai Reichling & West (Theraphosidae) – Cinnamon tarantula
• Ctenus captiosus Gertsch (Ctenidae) – Florida false wolf spider
• Cyclosa spp. Menge (Araneidae) – Trashline orbweavers
• Cyclosternum fasciatum O. P.-Cambridge (Theraphosidae) – Costa Rican tigerrump tarantula
• Cyriopagopus paganus Simon (Theraphosidae) – Asian chevron tarantula
• Cyrtophora citricola Forskål (Araneidae) – Global tentweb weaver
• Cyrtophora spp. Simon (Araneidae) – Tentweb weavers
• Dolomedes spp. Latreille (Pisauridae) – Dolomedes
• Dolomedes triton Walckenaer (Pisauridae) – Six-spotted fishing spider
• Enoplognatha marmorata Hentz (Theridiidae) – Marbled cobweb spider
• Ephebopus murinus Walckenaer (Theraphosidae) – Skeleton tarantula
• Eris militaris Hentz (Salticidae) – Bronze jumper
• Eucratoscelus longiceps Pocock (Theraphosidae) – African redrump tarantula
• Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Thorell (Theraphosidae) – Whitecollared tarantula
• Eustala anastera Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Humpbacked orbweaver
• Frontinella communis Hentz (Linyphiidae) – Bowl and doily weaver or Bowl and doily spider
• Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus (Araneidae) – Spinybacked orbweaver
• Geolycosa spp. Montgomery (Lycosidae) – Burrowing wolf spiders
• Grammostola alticeps Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Brazilian graysmoke tarantula
• Grammostola burzaquensis Ibarra (Theraphosidae) – Argentine rose tarantula
• Grammostola grossa Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Pampas tawnyred tarantula
• Grammostola iheringi Keyserling (Theraphosidae) – Entre Rios tarantula
• Grammostola pulchra Mello-Leitão (Theraphosidae) – Brazilian black tarantula
• Grammostola rosea Walckenaer (Theraphosidae) – Chilean rose tarantula
• Grammostola aureostriata Simon (Theraphosidae) – Chaco white knee
• Haplopelma lividum Smith (Theraphosidae) – Cobalt blue tarantula
• Haplopelma minax Thorell (Theraphosidae) – Thailand black tarantula
• Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz (Gnaphosidae) – Parson spider
• Heteropoda venatoria Linnaeus (Sparassidae) – Huntsman spider
• Heteroscodra maculata Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Togo starburst tarantula
• Hibana gracilis Hentz (Anyphaenidae) – Garden ghost spider
• Holocnemus pluchei Scopoli (Pholcidae) – Marbled cellar spider
• Hololena curta McCook (Agelenidae) – Corner funnel weaver
• Holothele incei F. O. P.-Cambridge (Theraphosidae) – Trinidad olive tarantula
• Hyptiotes cavatus Hentz (Uloboridae) – Triangle weaver
• Hysterocrates crassipes Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Cameroon brown tarantula
• Hysterocrates gigas Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Cameroon red tarantula
• Hysterocrates laticeps Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Nigerian rustred tarantula
• Iridopelma zorodes Mello-Leitão (Theraphosidae) – Brazilian purple tarantula
• Kukulcania hibernalis Hentz (Filistatidae) – Southern house spider
• Larinioides cornutus Clerk (Araneidae) – Furrow orbweaver
• Larinioides sclopetarius Clerk (Araneidae) – Bridge orbweaver
• Lasiodora parahybana Mello-Leitão (Theraphosidae) – Brazilian salmon tarantula
• Lasiodorides striatus Schmidt & Antonelli (Theraphosidae) – Stripeleg tarantula
• Latrodectus bishopi Kaston (Theridiidae) – Red widow
• Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch (Theridiidae) – Brown widow
• Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie (Theridiidae) – Western black widow
• Latrodectus mactans Fabricius (Theridiidae) – Southern black widow
• Latrodectus spp. Walckenaer (Theridiidae) – Widow spiders
• Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer (Theridiidae) – Northern black widow
• Leucauge venusta Walckenaer (Tetragnathidae) – Orchard orbweaver
• Loxosceles apache Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Apache recluse
• Loxosceles arizonic Gertsch & Mulaik (Sicariidae) – Arizona recluse
• Loxosceles bland Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Big Bend recluse
• Loxosceles deserta Gertsch (Sicariidae) – Desert recluse
• Loxosceles devia Gertsch & Mulaik (Sicariidae) – Texas recluse
• Loxosceles kaiba Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Grand Canyon recluse
• Loxosceles laeta Nicolet (Sicariidae) – Chilean recluse
• Loxosceles martha Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Martha recluse
• Loxosceles palma Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Baja recluse
• Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik (Sicariidae) – Brown recluse
• Loxosceles rufescens Dufour (Sicariidae) – Mediterranean recluse spider
• Loxosceles russelli Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Russell recluse
• Loxosceles sabina Gertsch & Ennik (Sicariidae) – Tucson recluse
• Loxosceles spp. Heineken & Lowe (Sicariidae) – Recluse spiders
• Lyssomanes spp. Hentz (Salticidae) – Translucent green jumpers
• Lyssomanes viridis Walckenaer (Salticidae) – Magnolia green jumper
• Maevia inclemens Walckenaer (Salticidae) – Dimorphic jumper
• Mangora gibberosa Hentz (Araneidae) – Lined orbweaver
• Mangora maculata Keyserling (Araneidae) – Greenlegged orbweaver
• Mangora placida Hentz (Araneidae) – Tuftlegged orbweaver
• Marpissa pikei Peckham & Peckham (Salticidae) – Pike slender jumper
• Mastophora spp. Holmberg (Araneidae) – Bolas spiders
• Mecynogea lemniscata Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Basilica orbweaver
• Megaphobema mesomelas O. P.-Cambridge (Theraphosidae) – Costa Rican redleg tarantula
• Megaphobema robustum Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Colombian giant tarantula
• Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt (Theraphosidae) – Ecuadorian brownvelvet tarantula
• Menemerus bivittatus Dufour (Salticidae) – Gray wall jumper
• Meta menardi Latreille (Tetragnathidae) – European cave spider
• Metepeira labyrinthea Hentz (Araneidae) – Labyrinth orbweaver
• Metriopelma zebratum Banks (Theraphosidae) – Costa Rican suntiger tarantula
• Micrathena gracilis Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Spined Micrathena
• Micrathena mitrata Hentz (Araneidae) – White micrathena
• Micrathena sagittata Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Arrowshaped micrathena
• Misumena spp. Latreille (Thomisidae) – Flower crab spider
• Misumena vatia Clerck (Thomisidae) – Goldenrod crab spider
• Misumenoides formosipes Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Whitebanded crab spider
• Misumenops asperatus Hentz (Thomisidae) – Northern crab spider
• Misumenops celer Hentz (Thomisidae) – Celer crab spider
• Neoleptoneta microps Gertsch (Leptonetidae) – Government Canyon bat cave spider
• Neoleptoneta myopica Gertsch (Leptonetidae) – Tooth cave spider
• Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer (Araneidae) – Arabesque orbweaver
• Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling (Araneidae) – Western spotted orbweaver
• Neoscona spp. Simon (Araneidae) – Spotted orbweavers
• Nephila clavipes Linnaeus (Tetragnathidae) – Golden silk orb-weaver
• Neriene radiata Walckenaer (Linyphiidae) – Filmy dome spider
• Olios fasciculatu Simon (Sparassidae) – Golden huntsman spider
• Ornithoctonus andersoni Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Asian mahogany tarantula
• Oxyopes salticu Hentz (Oxyopidae) – Striped lynx spider
• Oxyopes scalaris Hentz (Oxyopidae) – Western lynx spider
• Ozyptila spp. Simon (Thomisidae) – Leaflitter crab spiders
• Pachygnatha spp. Sundevall (Tetragnathidae) – Thickjawed orbweavers
• Pamphobeteus antinous Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Bolivian blueleg tarantula
• Pamphobeteus fortis Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Colombian brown tarantula
• Pamphobeteus insignis Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Colombian purplebloom tarantula
• Pamphobeteus nigricolor Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Common bluebloom tarantula
• Pamphobeteus ornatus Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Colombian pinkbloom tarantula
• Pamphobeteus vespertinus Simon (Theraphosidae) – Redbloom tarantula
• Pardosa spp. C. L. Koch (Lycosidae) – Thinlegged wolf spiders
• Peckhamia picata Hentz (Salticidae) – Antmimic jumper
• Pelegrina galathea Walckenaer (Salticidae) – Peppered jumper
• Peucetia viridans Hentz (Oxyopidae) – Green lynx spider
• Phantyna segregata Gertsch & Mulaik (Dictynidae) – Apex mesh weaver
• Phidippus audax Hentz (Salticidae) – Bold jumper
• Phidippus cardinalis Hentz (Salticidae) – Cardinal jumper
• Phidippus johnsoni Peckham & Peckham (Salticidae) – Johnson jumper
• Phidippus regius C. L. Koch (Salticidae) – Regal jumper
• Pholcus phalangioides Fuesslin (Pholcidae) – Longbodied cellar spider
• Phormictopus cancerides Latreille (Theraphosidae) – Haitian brown tarantula
• Pirata spp. Sundevall (Lycosidae) – Pirate wolf spiders
• Pisaurina mira Walckenaer (Pisauridae) – Nursery web spider
• Pityohyphantes costatus Hentz (Linyphiidae) – Hammock spider
• Plexippus paykulli Audouin (Salticidae) – Pantropical jumper
• Poecilotheria fasciata Latreille (Theraphosidae) – Sri Lankan ornamental tarantula
• Poecilotheria formosa Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Salem ornamental tarantula
• Poecilotheria ornata Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Fringed ornamental tarantula
• Poecilotheria regalis Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Indian ornamental tarantula
• Poecilotheria rufilata Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Redslate ornamental tarantula
• Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Ivory ornamental tarantula
• Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Trinidad chevron tarantula
• Psalmopoeus irminia Saager (Theraphosidae) – Suntiger tarantula
• Psalmopoeus reduncus Karsch (Theraphosidae) – Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula
• Pterinochilus murinus (orange) Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Usambara baboon tarantula
• Pterinochilus murinus (tan) Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Mumbasa baboon tarantula
• Salticus scenicus Clerck (Salticidae) – Zebra jumper or Zebra spider
• Selenocosmia javanensis Walckenaer (Theraphosidae) – Javan yellowknee tarantula
• Selenocosmia lanipe Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – New Guinea brown tarantula
• Sicarius spp. Walckenaer (Sicariidae) – Sand recluse spiders
• Singa spp. C. L. Koch (Araneidae) – Striped orbweavers
• Spermophora senoculata Dugès (Pholcidae) – Short-bodied cellar spider
• Steatoda americana Emerton (Theridiidae) – Twospotted cobweb spider
• Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch (Theridiidae) – False black widow
• Stromatopelma calceatum griseipes Pocock (Theraphosidae) – Featherleg tarantula
• Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco (Theraphosidae) – Orange chevron tarantula
• Tapinauchenius plumipes C. L. Koch (Theraphosidae) – Trinidad mahogany tarantula
• Tegenaria agrestis Walckenaer (Agelenidae) – Hobo spider
• Tegenaria domestica Clerck (Agelenidae) – Barn funnel weaver or Domestic house spider
• Tegenaria duellica Simon (Agelenidae) – Giant house spider
• Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz (Tetragnathidae) – Silver longjawed orbweaver
• Tetragnatha spp. Latreille (Tetragnathidae) – Longjawed orbweavers
• Theraphosa apophysis Tinter (Theraphosidae) – Goliath pinkfoot tarantula
• Theraphosa blondi Latreille (Theraphosidae) – Goliath birdeater tarantula
• Tibellus spp. Simon (Philodromidae) – Slender crab spiders
• Uloborus glomosus Walckenaer (Uloboridae) – Featherlegged orbweaver
• Xenesthis immanis Ausserer (Theraphosidae) – Columbian lesserblack tarantula
• Xysticus elegan Keyserling (Thomisidae) – Elegant crab spider
• Xysticus spp. C. L. Koch (Thomisidae) – Ground crab spiders
• Xysticus triguttatus Keyserling (Thomisidae) – Threebanded crab spider
• Zygoballus rufipes Peckham & Peckham (Salticidae) – Hammerjawed jumper

References

• Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition. October 2003