Order Araneae
Order Araneae
Spiders are perhaps our best predatory allies in the business of insect population control.
Thus far 533 species have been discovered in the Smokies. 41 of these have been discovered as new to science and 266 new to the Park since DLIA has been spearheading the ATBI.
More 8-Legged Facts:
Spiders are air-breathing, eight-legged Arthropods with chelicerae modified into fangs to inject venom. Unlike its insect relatives, it does not possess 3 body segments, but just two, the cephalothorax (head and midsection fused together) and the abdomen joined together by a small, cylindrical area called a pedicel.
Though the Park boasts of well over 500 species of spiders, represented by the families listed below, worldwide their numbers swell to approximately 40,000, and are grouped into over 100 families.
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Families of the Order Araneae
| Family | Common Name | Photo Example | ATBI | Data | Where? |
| Agelenidae | Grass and funnel web spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Amaurobiidae | Tangled nest spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Antrodiaetidae | Trapdoor spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Anyphaenidae | Ghost spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Araneidae | Orbweaver spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Clubionidae | Sac spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Corinnidae | Ant mimic spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Cybaeidae | Forest floor Cybaeid spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Cyrtaucheniidae | Wafer trapdoor spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Dictynidae | Funnel-web weavers and cave spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Gnaphosidae | Ground spider | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Hahniidae | Hahniid spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Leptonetidae | Leptonetid spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Linyphiidae | Line Weaving spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Lycosidae | Wolf spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Mimetidae | Pirate spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Miturgidae | Prowling spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Philodromidae | Philodromid spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Pisauridae | Nurseryweb and fishing spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Salticidae | Jumping spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Segestriidae | Tunnel spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Tengellidae | Tengellid spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Tetragnathidae | Long-jawed orb weaver spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Theridiidae | Tangle-web spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
| Thomisidae | Crab spiders | (NA) | (NA) | Link | Here |
