Spiders

Maria Mitchell staff have been collecting spiders since 2006 and have accumulated more than 6,000 specimens representing about 250 species from Nantucket, Tuckernuck and Muskeget Islands (identifications are on-going). We try to answer several research questions: How many species live on the Islands? How does prescribed burning affect spiders? How do changes in Nantucket plant communities affect spider diversity?

In 2010, MMA scientists and volunteers began a new project to identify harvestmen (daddy-longlegs) on the island. We found five species.

Scroll down to see a complete list of spider species.

 

Spider Species List for Nantucket

Agelenidae Funnelweb Spiders
 Number in Collection
1 Agelenopsis emertoni 24
2 Agelenopsis potteri 5
3 Tegenaria domestica 2
Amaurobiidae
4 Amaurobius ferox 5
Anyphaenidae
5 Arachosia cubana 1
6 Hibana gracilis 18
Araneidae Orbweavers
7 Acanthepeira stellata 148
8 Araneus alboventris 1
9 Araneus bivittatus 1
10 Araneus cornutus 5
11 Araneus diadematus 2
12 Araneus gadus 1
13 Araneus marmoreus 1
14 Araneus miniatus 5
15 Araneus partitus 1
16 Araneus pratensis 14
17 Araneus thaddeus 4
18 Araneus trifolium 4
19 Araniella displicata 1
20 Argiope aurantia 11
21 Argiope trifasciata 39
22 Cyclosa conica 2
23 Cyclosa turbinata 3
24 Eustala anastera 12
25 Eustala emertoni 2
26 Larinia borealis 1
27 Mangora maculata 4
28 Micrathena sagittata 20
29 Neoscona arabesca 133
30 Neoscona domiciliorum 1
31 Neoscona pratensis 17
Atypidae Purseweb Spiders
32 Sphodros niger 5
33 Sphodros rufipes 25
Clubionidae Sac Spiders
34 Clubiona abbotii 9
35 Clubiona johnsoni 25
36 Clubiona kastoni 1
37 Clubiona maritima 1
38 Clubiona obesa 1
39 Clubiona pikei 17
40 Elaver excepta 16
Corinnidae
41 Castianeira cingulata 1
42 Castianeira gertschi 1
43 Castianeira longipalpa 40
44 Castianeira trilineata 2
45 Meriola decepta 10
46 Phrurolithus similis 47
47 Phruronellus formica 16
48 Phrurotimpus alarius 26
49 Phrurotimpus borealis 9
50 Phrurotimpus minutus 59
51 Trachelas tranquillus 1
Dictynidae
52 Cicurina arcuata 3
53 Emblyna altamira 2
54 Emblyna angulata 1
55 Emblyna annulipes 1
56 Emblyna cruciata 11
57 Lathys pallida 87
58 Phantyna pixi 2
Dysderidae Pillbug Hunters
59 Dysdera crocata 3
Eutrichuridae
60 Cheiracanthium inclusum 8
61 Cheiracanthium mildei 2
Gnaphosidae
62 Callilepis pluto 1
63 Cesonia bilineata 29
64 Drassodes saccatus 3
65 Drassyllus aprilinus 2
66 Drassyllus creolus 56
67 Haplodrassus bicornis 1
68 Haplodrassus signifer 89
69 Micaria longispina 23
70 Sergiolus capulatus 2
71 Sergiolus decoratus 27
72 Sergiolus minutus 1
73 Zelotes duplex 19
74 Zelotes fratis 2
75 Zelotes hentzi 86
76 Zelotes laccus 80
Hahniidae
77 Hahnia cinerea 2
78 Neoantistea agilis 44
Linyphiidae Sheetweb Weavers
79 Agyneta fabra 6
80 Agyneta serrata 26
81 Barypharma longitarsum 1
82 Bathyphantes pallidus 11
83 Centromerus cornupalpis 7
84 Ceraticelus alticeps 57
85 Ceraticelus bryantae 2
86 Ceraticelus emertoni 5
87 Ceraticelus fissiceps 4
88 Ceratinella brunnea 1
89 Ceratinops crenatus 8
90 Ceratinopsis atolma 8
91 Ceratinopsis nigriceps 1
92 Eperigone maculata 32
93 Eridantes erigonoides 1
94 Erigone aletris 1
95 Erigone autumnalis 11
96 Erigone dentosa 1
97 Grammonota capitata 10
98 Grammonota inornata 2
99 Grammonota maculata 28
100 Grammonota ornata 11
101 Grammonota pallipes 14
102 Grammonota pictilis 12
103 Grammonota trivittata 38
104 Halorates plumosus 7
105 Hypselistes florens 15
106 Idionella rugosa 1 (Umass)
107 Idionella sclerata 3
108 Lepthyphantes leprosus 2
109 Lepthyphantes sabulosus 3
110 Lepthyphantes zebra 1
111 Maso sundevallii 7
112 Masoncus pogonophilus 3
113 Meioneta micaria 1
114 Mermessus trilobatus 1
115 Metopobactrus prominulus 1
116 Neriene clathrata 34
117 Neriene variabilis 2
118 Pocadicnemis americana 10
119 Scotinotylus vernalis 1
120 Scylaceus pallidus 2
121 Tennesseellum formicum 31
122 Walckenaeria atrotibialis 2
123 Walckenaeria brevicornis 4
124 Walckenaeria digitata 7
125 Walckenaeria directa 2
126 Walckenaeria minuta 3
127 Walckenaeria pallida 1
Liocranidae
128 Agroeca ornata 2
129 Agroeca pratensis 20
Lycosidae Wolf Spiders
130 Allocosa absoluta 1
131 Allocosa funerea 10
132 Arctosa littoralis 9
133 Arctosa rubicunda 7
134 Geolycosa pikei 26
135 Hogna carolinensis 3
136 Hogna frondicola 25
137 Hogna helluo 61
138 Pardosa distincta 197
139 Pardosa floridana 4
140 Pardosa milvina 1
141 Pardosa moesta 21
142 Pardosa saxatilis 272
143 Pirata insularis 9
144 Pirata piraticus 1
145 Pirata sedentarius 1
146 Rabidosa punctulata 4
147 Rabidosa rabida 21
148 Schizocosa avida 145
149 Schizocosa bilineata 151
150 Schizocosa ocreata 3
151 Schizocosa saltatrix 2
152 Trabeops aurantiacus 20
153 Trebacosa marxi 8
154 Trochosa ruricola 1
155 Trochosa terricola 7
156 Varacosa shenandoa 8
Mimetidae Pirate Spiders
157 Mimetus notius 3
Oxyopidae Lynx Spiders
158 Oxyopes salticus 18
159 Oxyopes scalaris 9
Philodromidae
160 Ebo latithorax 4
161 Philodromus imbecillus 7
162 Philodromus marxi 1
163 Philodromus placidus 14
164 Thanatus formicinus 24
165 Tibellus duttoni 7
166 Tibellus oblongus 34
Pholcidae Cellar Spiders
167 Pholcus phalangioides 16
Salticidae Jumping Spiders
168 Admestina tibialis 2
169 Admestina wheeleri 1
170 Eris militaris 8
171 Evarcha hoyi 1
172 Habronattus borealis 1
173 Habronattus decorus 1
174 Habronattus viridipes 15
175 Hentzia palmarum 73
176 Maevia inclemens 5
177 Maevia vittata 2
178 Marpissa lineata 29
179 Marpissa pikei 3
180 Neon nellii 3
181 Peckhamia picata 1
182 Pelegrina flavipes 7
183 Pelegrina galathea 17
184 Pelegrina proterva 30
185 Phidippus audax 2
186 Phidippus cardinalis 4
187 Phidippus clarus 8
188 Phidippus princeps 2
189 Phidippus whitmanii 5
190 Platycryptus undatus 3
191 Salticus scenicus 3
192 Synageles noxiosus 3
193 Synemosyna formica 4
194 Talavera minuta 11
195 Zygoballus rufipes 13
Scytodidae
196 Scytodes thoracica 2
Segestriidae
197 Ariadna bicolor 2
Tetragnathidae Long-jawed Orbweavers
198 Leucauge venusta 20
199 Pachygnatha autumnalis 4
200 Pachygnatha tristriata 12
201 Tetragnatha caudata 14
202 Tetragnatha elongata 1
203 Tetragnatha guatemalensis 1
204 Tetragnatha laboriosa 35
205 Tetragnatha seneca 1
206 Tetragnatha vermiformis 2
207 Tetragnatha versicolor 1
208 Tetragnatha viridis 12
Theridiidae Cobweb Spiders
209 Achaearanea globosa 3
210 Achaearanea tepidariorum 20
211 Argyrodes trigonum 2
212 Crustulina sticta 1
213 Dipoena nigra 3
214 Emertonella emertoni 1
215 Enoplognatha ovata 4
216 Euryopis emertoni 11
217 Euryopis funebris 17
218 Euryopis gertschi 203
219 Euryopis quinquemaculata 4
220 Latrodectus mactans 1
221 Latrodectus variolus 6
222 Phoroncidia americana 2
223 Robertus frontatus 1
224 Robertus pumulis 3
225 Spintharus flavidus 2
226 Steatoda albomaculata 1
227 Steatoda americana 4
228 Steatoda borealis 2
229 Takayus lyricus 7
230 Theonoe stridula 1
231 Theridion albidum 8
232 Theridion differens 9
233 Theridion frondeum 1
234 Theridion glaucescens 1
235 Theridion murarium 1
236 Theridula emertoni 1
237 Thymoites marxi 11
238 Thymoites unimaculatus 12
239 Wamba congener 1
240 Wamba crispulus 3
Theridiosomatidae
241 Theridiosoma gemmosum 1
Thomisidae Crab Spiders
242 Misumenoides formosipes 11
243 Misumenops asperatus 1
244 Misumenops oblongus 1
245 Ozyptila americana 37
246 Ozyptila conspurcata 12
247 Ozyptila practicola 1
248 Ozyptila sincer oraria, ssp 46
249 Tmarus rubromaculatus 2
250 Xysticus alboniger 14
251 Xysticus banksi 1 (Umass)
252 Xysticus bicuspis 12
253 Xysticus discursans 1
254 Xysticus ferox 75
255 Xysticus fraternus 6
256 Xysticus funestus 15
257 Xysticus gulosus 3
258 Xysticus luctans 48
259 Xysticus pellax 5
260 Xysticus triguttatus 3
Uloboridae
261 Hyptiotes cavatus 1

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