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Family Agelenidae (funnel web weavers)

Agelenopsis sp. nr. emertoni Chamberlin & Ivie  

Family Anyphaenidae (sac spiders)

Hibana sp.  

Family Araneidae (orb weavers)*

Argiope aurantia Lucas 
Eustala sp. 
Larinioides cornutus (Clerck) 
Metazygia wittfeldae (McCook) 
Neoscona sp.  

Family Clubionidae (sac spiders)

unidentified  

Family Corinnidae (ant-mimic spiders)

unidentified  

Family Dictynidae (mesh web weavers)

unidentified  

Family Lycosidae (wolf spiders)

unidentified  

Family Mimetidae (pirate spiders)

Mimetus sp.  

Family Salticidae (jumping spiders)*

Bagheera prosper (Peckham & Peckham) 
Eris militaris (Hentz) 
Thiodina sylvana (Hentz)  

Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers)*

Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge  

Family Theridiidae (cobweb weavers)*

Argyrodes elevatus Taczanowski 
Theridion glaucescens Becker  

Family Thomisidae (crab spiders)

Misumenops sp. 

*The asterisk after the family are those most abundant. 

Tetragnatha were obviously the most abundant. 

This small collection is rich in diversity. 

The genera (Eustala, Neoscona, Mimetus) are represented by adults but I did not have time to study those.

Allen Dean - Sept 2, 2007

08 Sep 2007  © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology