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Heliophanus kochii Jumping Spider

Scientific Name: Heliophanus kochii

Family: Salticidae

Native Range: North America, Pennsylvania

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Grass Spider

Scientific Name: Agelenopsis sp.

Family: Agelenidae

Native Range: North America, Pennsylvania

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Rabid Wolf Spider

Scientific Name: Rabidosa rabida

Family: Lycosidae

Native Range: Eastern and Central United States, Pennsylvania

Size:  Female: 16 to 21 mm (0.63 – 0.83 in); Male: 11 to 12 mm (0.43 – 0.47 in)*

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Color and Appearance: “The ground color is yellow, with brownish to black longitudinal stripes. In this species, the median dark band of the abdomen is broken and encloses lighter areas. The male has leg I dark brown or black. The venter is not spotted.”*

*From BugGuide.net (https://bugguide.net/node/view/26084)

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Wolf Spiders

Family: Lycosidae

Native Range: Worldwide, Pennsylvania

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August 16, 2020: Wolf spiders are a common family of spiders in our area. I notice them most because they are devoted mothers. Females carry their egg sacks with them attached to their spinnerettes. Ian and I first became aware of wolf spiders while visiting our pool when he was four. We saw a brown spider with lots of tiny bumps on her back near one of the pool drains. When we got home, I Googled the image and discovered that she was a wolf spider with her babies riding on her back. Ian looked at the picture and said, “Look Mama! She was taking her babies to the pool, just like you take me.”

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Tutelina elegans Spider

Scientific Name: Tutelina elegans

Family: Tutelina

Native Range: Eastern United States and Canada, Pennsylvania

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Basilica Orbweaver Spider

Scientific Name: Mecynogea lemniscata

Family: Araneidae Araneidae

Native Range: United States to Argentina, Pennsylvania

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Yellow Garden Spider

Scientific Name: Argiope aurantia

Family: Araneidae

Native Range: North and Central America, Pennsylvania*

Size: Males: 0.2 – 0.35 in (5–9 mm); Females: 0.75 – 1.10 in (19–28 mm)*

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Color and Appearance: Yellow and black markings on abdomen with a mostly white cephalothorax*

*From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

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Orb Weaver Spider

Family: Araneidae

Native Range: World wide, North America, Pennsylvania

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Jumping Spider

Family: Salticidae

Native Range: Worldwide, including North America, Pennsylvania

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