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Photo Gallery: Spiders

: Banded Argiope

: Black and Yellow Garden Spider (also called Black and Yellow Argiope)

: Black and Yellow Garden Spider

: Cellar Spider (female with egg sac)

: Cellar Spider (female guarding her egg sac)

: Cellar Spider

: Cellar Spider

: Cellar Spider in the corner of an office

: Crab Spider — Misumena vatia; photo courtesy of M. Pelletier

: Crab Spider (Family: Thomisdae)

: Crab Spider

: Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) (feasting on a fly while perched on the inflorescence of a Queen Anne’s Lace plant)

: Eastern Parson Spider

: Eastern Parson Spider (photo courtesy of Jon McCann)

: Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) (Etna, ME; 3/21/2019)

: Another species/example of a Fishing Spider (either Dolomedes scriptus or Dolomedes tenebrosus)

: Another species/example of a Fishing Spider

: Funnel Weaver perched near the entrance to its webbed funnel

: Funnel Weaver (Family Agelenidae)

: Funnel Weaver (Family Agelenidae)

: Jumping Spider

: Jumping Spider

: Jumping Spider

: Jumping Spider

: Nursery Web Spider
(very similar to Wolf Spiders)

: Sixspotted Orbweaver (female) (Araniella displicata) (Troy, ME; 7/2/2009)

: Wolf Spider

: Wolf Spider (with egg sac)

: Wolf Spider (with egg sac)

: Example of a Spider Beetle (Spider Beetles are small beetles that superficially resemble spiders but are harmless)

Additional Photos and Information:

Spiders (UMaine Extension)
Spiders (Penn State Extension)
Spiders (Joint publication between Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa)
Additional Information (Specific Spiders):
- Argiope/Garden Spiders (University of Minnesota Extension) | Banded Garden Spider (Penn State) | Yellow Garden Spider (Penn State) see also Ohio DNR
- Barn Funnel Weavers (Penn State)
- Black and Yellow Garden Spider (Penn State)
- Cellar Spiders
- Crab Spiders (BugGuide.net) (Family: Thomisdae)
- Eastern Parson Spider (Penn State)
- Fishing Spiders
- Garden Spider (Penn State)
- Grass Spiders (Penn State)
- Jumping Spiders (University of Arizona)
- Marbled Orb Weaver (Penn State)
- Nursery-Web & Fishing Spiders (University of Kentucky)
- Wolf Spiders (Penn State)
- Not Native To Maine / Rarely Found In Maine:
  1. Black Widow (Cornell) [Non-native, but sometimes hitches a ride into Maine via packages, cargo, etc.–most often via shipments of produce from out-of-state; The Northern Black Widow, however, may be an infrequent inhabitant as far north as central Maine.]
  2. Brown Recluse (Penn State) (Non-native, and thus extremely rare in Maine–an encounter is only possible if brought in from out-of-state) (US Distribution Map for Brown Recluse)
  3. Hobo Spider (also known as the Aggressive House Spider) (UC-Davis)

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