Spiders of Puerto Rico

Created 12-Aug-10

All Spiders

Visitors 16525

2632 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26

Photos Waiting to be Catalogued

Visitors 835

2846 photos

Created 19-Jan-26

Modified 19-Jan-26

Araneidae Kapogea isosceles

Visitors 661

12 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Araneidae, Eustala anastera, male, and a female Eustala sp.

Visitors 142

7 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Araneidae, Eustala anastera, male, and a female Eustala sp.

Araneidae, Witica crassicauda

Visitors 649

43 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26

Araneus sp.

Visitors 68

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Argiope argentata

Visitors 1225

37 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Brown Widow

Visitors 757

21 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Chrysometa jayuyensis

Visitors 89

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Anasaitis banksi

Visitors 127

34 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Anasaitis

Visitors 102

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Crab Spiders

Visitors 1604

359 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26

Ctenus ottleyi, Ctenidae_Ctenus sp.

Visitors 173

3 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Cyclosa alayoni

Visitors 248

15 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Deinopis lamia (family Deinopidae), female, and special web.

Visitors 820

66 photos

Created 21-Jan-26

Modified 21-Jan-26

Deinopis lamia (family Deinopidae), female, and special web.

Emblyna altamira

Visitors 35

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Eriophora edax

Visitors 146

25 photos

Created 31-Dec-25

Modified 31-Dec-25

Eriophora ravilla

Visitors 333

12 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Eris illustris, Jumping Spider

Visitors 308

13 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Faiditus caudatus

Visitors 108

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Faiditus exiguus

Visitors 88

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Pisauridae, Thaumasia marginella

Visitors 396

44 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Flatties/Selenenopidae

Visitors 1139

34 photos

Created 23-Jul-25

Modified 23-Jul-25

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Visitors 255

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Habronattus sp.

Visitors 153

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Holothele sp.

Visitors 419

11 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Jumping Spiders

Visitors 2390

291 photos

Created 18-Jan-26

Modified 18-Jan-26

Larinia directa

Visitors 138

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Leucauge argyra

Visitors 82

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Long-jawed Orb Weavers

Visitors 149

9 photos

Created 16-Dec-25

Modified 16-Dec-25

Long-legged Spiders (Pholcidae)

Visitors 773

17 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Lynx Spiders, Oxyopidae

Visitors 586

65 photos

Created 21-Jan-26

Modified 21-Jan-26

Mecaphesa bubulcus, endemica

Visitors 128

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Meteperia labyrynthia

Visitors 71

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Micrathena mitrata

Visitors 287

17 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26

Modisimus caerolineatus

Visitors 100

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Modisimus cavaticus

Visitors 101

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Modissimus sexoculatus

Visitors 138

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Modissimus sp.

Visitors 47

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Neoscona moreli

Visitors 203

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Nephila clavipes

Visitors 225

7 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Olios bicolor

Visitors 735

11 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Opilionids

Visitors 863

62 photos

Created 13-Dec-25

Modified 13-Dec-25

Pathemathis portoricensis, Jumping Spider

Visitors 159

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Pathemathis portoricensis, Jumping Spider

Phidippus regius

Visitors 896

47 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Pholcidae sp.

Visitors 204

18 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Pirate

Visitors 260

37 photos

Created 19-Jan-26

Modified 19-Jan-26

Pisauridae sp.

Visitors 211

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Puerto Rican Solifuge

Visitors 827

21 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Puerto Rican Spiny Orb Weaver, Micrathena militaris

Visitors 1190

30 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Puerto Rican Spiny Orb Weaver, Micrathena militaris

Pysocyclus globosus, Pholcidae cosmotropical

Visitors 319

19 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Pysocyclus globosus, Pholcidae cosmotropical

Recluse Spiders

Visitors 1021

7 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26

Scytodes fusca

Visitors 138

9 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Scytodes longipes

Visitors 414

29 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Stassina portoricensis

Visitors 373

8 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Steatoda erigoniformis

Visitors 52

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Tarantulas

Visitors 3123

129 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Tetragnathid spider, Leucauge licina

Visitors 479

13 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Tetragnathidae elyunquensis

Visitors 241

10 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Tetragnathidae- Chrysometa jayuyensis

Visitors 123

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Theridiidae, Theridion antillanum

Visitors 147

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Theridion antillensis

Visitors 48

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Theridion ricense

Visitors 321

14 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Theridula gonygaster

Visitors 111

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Thomisidae, Stephanopis stelloides. Bark Crab Spiders

Visitors 1524

92 photos

Created 21-Jan-26

Modified 21-Jan-26

Thomisidae, Stephanopis stelloides. Bark Crab Spiders

Uloboridae_Hackled Orb Weaver_Zozis geniculata

Visitors 390

12 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Uloboridae_Hackled Orb Weaver_Zozis geniculata

Whip Spiders or Guabá

Visitors 4441

122 photos

Created 21-Jan-26

Modified 21-Jan-26

Black Widows Spiders, Viudas Negras

Visitors 3528

24 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Wolf Spiders, Lycosidae

Visitors 1840

40 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Corythalia tristriata

Visitors 76

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Oecobiidae_Wall Spider_Oecobius concinnus

Visitors 112

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Oecobiidae_Wall Spider_Oecobius concinnus

Oxyopidae- The Lynx Spider_Hamataliwa species

Visitors 169

12 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Oxyopidae- The Lynx Spider_Hamataliwa species

Emathis portoricensis

Visitors 233

13 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Heteropda venatoria

Visitors 198

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Arrowhead Spider, Verrucosa arenata.

Visitors 394

22 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Metazygia sp.

Visitors 151

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Leucauge moerens, Tetragnathidae, Long-jawed Orb Weaver,

Visitors 160

25 photos

Created 18-Dec-25

Modified 18-Dec-25

Leucauge moerens, Tetragnathidae, Long-jawed Orb Weaver,

Tmarus vertumus, Crab Spider

Visitors 104

6 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Hentzia antillana

Visitors 142

14 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Mimetus

Visitors 206

11 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Anasaitis gloriae, Jumping Spider

Visitors 184

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Green-backed, Jumping Spider

Visitors 79

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Corythalia tristriata, Jumping Spider

Visitors 172

6 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Anelosimus studiosus

Visitors 150

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Sparassidae- The Huntsman Spiders

Visitors 430

8 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Spitting Spider, Scytodidae sp.

Visitors 251

8 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Caribena (Avicularia) laeta (Puerto Rican Pink Toe)

Visitors 386

15 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Caribena (Avicularia) laeta (Puerto Rican Pink Toe)

Possible Spintharus flavidus

Visitors 23

3 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Spider Molts

Visitors 86

25 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Anasaitis banksi, Jumping Spider

Visitors 84

11 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Pisauridae, Thaumasia marginella

Visitors 66

25 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Linyphiidae, Sheetweb or Dwarf Spiders

Visitors 11

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Corinnid Sac Spider

Visitors 13

3 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Dead spider with Fungus

Visitors 5

5 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Oxyopidae, Oxiopes sp.

Visitors 1

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Corinnidae- Corinnid Sac Spider

Visitors 9

2 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Tetragnahidae

Visitors 7

1 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Thaumasia marginella (what I call Fishing Spider)

Visitors 1

3 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Thaumasia marginella (what I call Fishing Spider)

Gnaphosidae

Visitors 8

4 photos

Created 20-May-24

Modified 20-May-24

Mating Long-jawed Orb Weaver

Visitors 0

9 photos

Created 24-Jul-25

Modified 24-Jul-25

Ocrepeira serrallesi, Araneidae

Visitors 0

0 photos

Created 1-Nov-25

Modified 1-Nov-25

Selonopsis insularis

Visitors 0

4 photos

Created 17-Jan-26

Modified 17-Jan-26

Micrathena similis

Visitors 0

15 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26

Verruoca arenata

Visitors 0

14 photos

Created 4-Feb-26

Modified 4-Feb-26