This page contains a selection of thumbnail pictures of the spiders that are
reviewed on the Spiders of NW-Europe pages.
If you recognize your spider then click on the link above the pictures for larger images and a description of
that family.
Here is a Spider identification location chart to identify your spider by its habitat.
Eresus sandaliatus |
Eresus cinnaberinus |
Eresus ruficapillus | Loureedia annulipes |
Eresus walckenaerius |
Eresus ZZ295 Eresus albopictus? | Loureedia annulipes (Tunesia) | Stegodyphus lineatus |
Oecobius navus | Oecobius annulipes? V | Oecobius annulipes? M |
Uloboridae, cribellate orb spiders
E-cribellataeHaplogynae (six-eyed spiders)
Dysderidae, cell spiders
Oonopidae, dwarfcel spiders
Scytodidae, spitting spiders
Segestriidae, six-eyed spiders
Entelegynae (eight eyed spiders)
Agelenidae, funnel weavers, grass spiders
Agelena labyrinthica |
Agelena similis |
Allagelena gracilens |
Malthonica ferruginea |
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Eratigena atrica |
Eratigena agrestis | Tegenaria parietina |
Malthonica silvestris |
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Tegenaria gigantea | Textrix denticulata |
Histopona torpida |
Anyphaenidae, sac spiders
Argyronetidae, water spiders
Anyphaena accentuata Argyroneta aquatica
Araneidae, orb web spiders
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Aculepeira armida |
Araneus diadematus | Araneus diadematus |
Araneus diadematus |
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Araneus angulatus |
Araneus quadratus | Araneus quadratus | Araneus quadratus |
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Aculepeira ceropegia |
Aculepeira ceropegia male |
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Agalenatea redii | Agalenatea redii | Agalenatea redii | Agalenatea redii |
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Araniella cucerbinata |
Araniella cucerbinata male |
Araniella alpica |
Araniella displicata |
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Argiope bruennichi |
Argiope bruennichi young |
Argiope trifasciata |
Argiope lobata |
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Cercidia prominens |
Cyclosa conica |
Gibbaranea gibbosa |
Gibbaranea bituberculata |
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Larinioides cornutus |
Larinioides cornutus male |
Larinioides sclopetarius |
Gibbaranea omoeda |
Larinioides sclopetarius male | Mangora acalypha | Mangora acalypha | Mangora acalypha |
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Nuctenea umbratica |
Nuctenea umbratica male |
Singa hamata |
Singa nitidula |
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Zygiella x-notata |
Zygiella atrica |
Zilla diodia |
Cyrtophora citricola tent spider |
Clubionidae, sac spiders
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Clubiona corticalis |
Clubiona lutescens |
Clubiona terrestris |
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Clubiona brevipes |
Clubiona lutescens |
Clubiona comta |
Clubiona diversa |
Eusparassidae, hunt crabspiders
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Micrommata virescens F |
Micrommata virescens M |
Olios sp. |
Erigonidae, dwarf spiders
Enidia bituberculata |
Erigone arctica |
Gnaphosidae, Flat-bellied ground spiders
Hahniidae, dwarf funnel spiders
Linyphiidae, Sheet web, dwarf or money spiders
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Linyphia sp. |
Labulla thoracica |
Drapetisca socialis |
Neriene montana |
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Neriene radiata |
Neriene peltata |
Linyphia triangularis |
frontinellina frutetorum |
Lepthyphantes tenuis | Floronia bucculenta |
Liocranidae
Liocranum rupicola |
Lycosidae, wolf spiders
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Aulonia albimana
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Arctosa leopardus |
Arctosa perita
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Alopecosa cuneata
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Alopecosa cuneata
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Alopecosa pulverenta
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Alopecosa inquilina |
Hogna radiata |
Pardosa trailli |
Pardosa monticola |
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Pardosa amentata |
Pardosa nigriceps | Pardosa lugubris |
Pardosa prativaga |
Pardosa saltans |
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Pardosa wagleri |
Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata |
Trochosa terricola |
Trochosa terricola |
Trochosa ruricola |
Pirata latitans | Pirata piraticus | Arctosa villica | Arctosa villica | Pirata hygrophilus |
Metidae, orb stretch spiders
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Meta segmentata
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Meta menardi | Meta merianae M |
Meta merianae F
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Meta mengei
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Mimetidae, pirate spiders |
Miturgidae, prowling spiders |
Nesticidae, cave spiders |
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Ero aphana | Cheiracanthium erraticum V | Cheiracanthium erraticum M | Nesticus cellulanus |
Oxyopidae, lynx spiders
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Oxyopes heterophthalmus M
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Oxyopes heterophthalmus F
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Oxyopes heterophthalmus F |
Oxyopes lineatus F |
Oxyopes kraepelinorum
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Philodromidae, crab spiders
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Philodromus albidus |
Philodromus aureolus M |
Philodromus aureolus F |
Philodromus cespitum |
Philodromus emarginatus |
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Philodromus dispar M |
Philodromus dispar F |
Philodromus F fuscoemerginatus |
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Philodromus sp. F |
Tibelus oblongus
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Philodromus rufus M |
Philodromus rufus F |
Philodromus albidus M |
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Thanatus alpinus |
Thanatus arenarius |
Thanatus formicinus |
Thanatus sp. |
Pholcidae, daddy longlegs, vibrating or cellar spiders
Holocnemus pluchei |
Pholcus phalangioides |
Psilochorus simoni |
Pisauridae, big wolf or nursery web spiders
Pisaura mirabilis Pisaura mirabilis Pisaura mirabilis Pisaura mirabilis Pisaura mirabilis Pisaura mirabilis Dolomedes fimbriatus
Dolomedes plantarius
Salticidae, jumping spiders
Tetragnathidae, stretch spiders or long jawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha extensa M |
Tetragnatha extensa F |
Tetragnatha montana |
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Pachygnatha clercki F |
Pachygnatha clercki M |
Pachygnatha degeeri |
Theridiidae & Nesticidae, scaffold web spiders
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Achaearanea lunata |
Achaeranea riparia |
Anelosimus vittatatus |
Euryopis quinqueguttata |
Crustulina guttata |
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Enoplognatha ovata |
Enoplognatha ovata |
Enoplognatha mordax? |
Latrodectus hasselti |
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Steatoda bipunctata |
Steatoda albomaculata M |
Steatoda albomaculata F |
Steatoda triangulosa |
Steatoda triangulosa |
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Steatoda paykulliana |
Steatoda phalerata | Steatoda nobilis |
Theridon pictum |
Theridon melanurum |
Theridion pallens |
Phylloneta sisyphium |
Phylloneta impressum |
Theridion tinctum |
Titanoecidae
Titanoeca quadriguttata
Thomisidae, crab spiders
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Diaea dorsata M
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Diaea dorsata F
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Misumena vatia
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Thomisus onustus
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Heriaeus hirtus
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Misumenops tricuspidatus M
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Misumenops tricuspidatus F
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Synaema globosum
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Synaema globosum
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Synaema globosum
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Xysticus cristatus F
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Xysticus cristatus M
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Xysticus lanio
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Xysticus audax
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Xysticus kempelini |
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Xysticus sabulosis |
Xysticus ulmi |
Xysticus erraticus |
Tmarus piger |
Ozyptila trux |
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Ozyptila praticola
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Ozyptila? ZZ164 | ? ZZ165 | Runcinia ZZ211 |
Unknown |
Zoridae (Ctenidae), wandering spiders
Zoropsidae, ground spiders
Zora spinimana Zoropsis spinimana
Order Opiliones - Harvestmen
Trodulidae & nemastomatidae & Phalangiidae
Ed Nieuwenhuys, 23 march 2023