{"id":7601,"date":"2019-02-20T11:26:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/?page_id=7601"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:32:49","slug":"spiders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/spiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id7601_454f1b-c7 alignwide wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column7601_ad9790-d7\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2>Spiders<\/h2>\n<p>Do you have a spider that you would like to have identified? Try out our new <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine-extension.formtitan.com\/ftproject\/idl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photo Submission Form<\/a> (it&#8217;s free)!<\/p>\n<p>Spiders have been the subject of negative publicity for years. Their secretive nature, way of moving, and predatory nature make them common villains in folklore and popular media. Fear of a few highly venomous spiders, such as black widow and brown recluse spiders, has expanded to include all spiders. Fortunately, black widows (specifically the &#8220;Southern Black Widow&#8221;) and brown recluse spiders are not native to Maine. In fact, there are no &#8216;Maine-native&#8217; spiders whatsoever that are considered particularly &#8220;dangerous&#8221; to humans.<\/p>\n<p>Spiders can be considered to be beneficial when they feed on household and garden insect pests. It is unfortunate that many incidents of unknown skin irritation are attributed to spider bites. People do sometimes get bitten, however, and the sensitivity to a spider bite varies from person to person. In rare cases, some individuals with highly sensitive or weakened immune systems may have a significant or even severe reaction to a bite from an otherwise harmless spider, and there are many spiders that people mistakenly suspect to be the Brown Recluse. Misdiagnoses are thus very common. <strong><em>See also: <\/em>University of California Riverside&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spiders.ucr.edu\/causes-necrotic-wounds-other-brs-bites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Causes of Necrotic Wounds other than Brown Recluse Spider Bites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column7601_201783-05{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column7601_201783-05 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column7601_201783-05\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3>Additional Information:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5046e\/\"><b>Spiders<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (UMaine Extension)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/commonly-encountered-pennsylvania-spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Spiders<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Penn State Extension)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/insect-relatives\/spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Spiders<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Joint publication between Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maine&#8217;s largest spiders:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/fishing-spiders\/\"><strong>Fishing Spiders<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/spider-bites\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20352371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spider Bites<\/strong><\/a> from the Mayo Clinic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-7601_1f2ee2-98 .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-7601_1f2ee2-98 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#abb8c3;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer alignwide kt-block-spacer-7601_1f2ee2-98\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id7601_c4c31c-0e alignwide wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column7601_97fdc7-70\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3>Photos of Many Different Kinds of Spiders Found in Maine:<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7601 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Top-down view of an American Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) (Wiscasset, ME; 6\/5\/2024) (Photo courtesy of K. Draper)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13628'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Nursery Web Spider (<i>Pisaurina mira<\/i>) (Wiscasset, ME; 6\/5\/2024) (Photo courtesy of K. Draper)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of an American Nursery Web Spider, Pisaurina mira, perched atop a couple of dandelion leaves low to the ground.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7121'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Nursery Web Spider (<i>Pisaurina mira<\/i>) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an American Nursery Web Spider with dark bands on the legs (Pisaurina mira) (Woolwich, ME; 8\/1\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Phil Baton)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/American-Nursery-Web-Spider-Pisaurina-mira-080125-PBaton-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15677'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Nursery Web Spider (<i>Pisaurina mira<\/i>) (a less common form) (Woolwich, ME; 8\/1\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Phil Baton)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Arrow-shaped-Orbweaver-Micrathena-sagittata-KSchabert-080824.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Arrow-shaped-Orbweaver-Micrathena-sagittata-KSchabert-080824-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Arrowshaped Micrathena (orbweaver) spider (Micrathena sagittata) (Jefferson, ME; 8\/6\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Kyrill Schabert)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Arrow-shaped-Orbweaver-Micrathena-sagittata-KSchabert-080824-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Arrow-shaped-Orbweaver-Micrathena-sagittata-KSchabert-080824-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13788'>\n\t\t\t\tArrowshaped Micrathena \/ Arrow-shaped Orbweaver (<i>Micrathena sagittata<\/i>) (Jefferson, ME; 8\/6\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Kyrill Schabert)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Arrowshaped-Micrathena-Micrathena-sagittata-SomersetCounty-090423.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"147\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Arrowshaped-Micrathena-Micrathena-sagittata-SomersetCounty-090423-e1697466289613-147x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Arrowshaped Micrathena (orbweaver) spider (Micrathena sagittata) near Lower Kimball Pond in Fryeburg, ME; 9\/4\/2023 (Photo courtesy of Ryan Day)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13329\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13329'>\n\t\t\t\tArrowshaped Micrathena \/ Arrow-shaped Orbweaver  (<i>Micrathena sagittata<\/i>) (near Lower Kimball Pond in Fryeburg, ME; 9\/4\/2023) (Photo courtesy of Ryan Day)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/BandedArgiope-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"138\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/BandedArgiope-01-e1697466607400-138x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Banded Garden Spider (Banded Argiope) (harmless)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-390\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-390'>\n\t\t\t\tBanded Argiope \/ Banded Garden Spider (dorsal view) (Dennysville, ME; 9\/17\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Banded-Argiope-ventral-Dennysville-091710.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Banded-Argiope-ventral-Dennysville-091710-e1697467818325-146x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Banded Garden Spider (Banded Argiope) (harmless)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13332\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13332'>\n\t\t\t\tBanded Argiope \/ Banded Garden Spider (ventral view) (Dennysville, ME; 9\/17\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/YellowGardenSpider.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/YellowGardenSpider-e1697467019556-133x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Black and Yellow Argiope - also called a Black and Yellow Garden Spider or just a Yellow Garden Spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-318\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-318'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack and Yellow Garden Spider with her egg sac\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Garden Spider (many other common names: Black and Yellow Garden Spider \/ Golden Garden Spider \/ Writing Spider \/ Corn Spider) (in a cranberry patch; 8\/31\/2011)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-317x316.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-423x421.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-634x632.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Garden-Spider-083111.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13333'>\n\t\t\t\tGarden Spider (Black and Yellow Garden Spider \/ Golden Garden Spider \/ Writing Spider \/ Corn Spider) (in a cranberry patch; 8\/31\/2011)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/BarnFunnelWeaver-Tegenaria-domestica-081123a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/BarnFunnelWeaver-Tegenaria-domestica-081123a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Barn Funnel Weaver spider (Tegenaria domestica) (was found indoors; Passadumkeag, ME; 8\/11\/2023)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/BarnFunnelWeaver-Tegenaria-domestica-081123a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/BarnFunnelWeaver-Tegenaria-domestica-081123a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13337'>\n\t\t\t\tBarn Funnel Weaver (<i>Tegenaria domestica<\/i>) (was found indoors; Passadumkeag, ME; 8\/11\/2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/BarnFunnelWeaver-Tegenaria-domestica-081123b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/BarnFunnelWeaver-Tegenaria-domestica-081123b-e1697474151683-150x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Barn Funnel Weaver spider (Tegenaria domestica) (was found indoors; Passadumkeag, ME; 8\/11\/2023)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13338\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13338'>\n\t\t\t\tBarn Funnel Weaver (a closer view of the adjacent specimen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A female spider called a Boreal Combfoot, beside a US penny for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11580'>\n\t\t\t\tBoreal Combfoot (<i>Steatoda borealis<\/i>) (female) (Members of the <i>Steatoda<\/i> genus are called <b>&#8220;False Widow&#8221;<\/b> spiders)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A female spider called a Boreal Combfoot, beside a US penny for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Boreal-Combfoot-042321b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11579'>\n\t\t\t\tBoreal Combfoot (<i>Steatoda borealis<\/i>) (female) (Found inside a house; Etna, ME; 4\/23\/2021)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Broad-faced Sac Spider (Trachelas tranquillus) (Portland, ME; 9\/8\/2025) (they often wander indoors by accident, especially in the fall) (Photo courtesy of Christie Constantine)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Broad-faced-Sac-Spider-Trachelas-tranquillus-090825-CConstantine-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15817'>\n\t\t\t\tBroad-faced Sac Spider (<i>Trachelas tranquillus<\/i>) (Portland, ME; 9\/8\/2025) (they often wander indoors by accident, especially in the fall) (Photo courtesy of Christie Constantine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a cellar spider to mark our &quot;Spiders&quot; category of critters.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-634x634.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/CategorySpiders-CellarSpider.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7599'>\n\t\t\t\tCellar Spider (female with egg sac) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/09\/CellarSpider-072322-JD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/09\/CellarSpider-072322-JD-e1662134100392-150x143.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Cellar Spider photographed in Old Town, Maine on July 23rd, 2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12541\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12541'>\n\t\t\t\tCellar Spider (Old Town, ME: 7\/23\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/02\/CellarSpider-2016e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/02\/CellarSpider-2016e-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A cellar spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/02\/CellarSpider-2016e-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/02\/CellarSpider-2016e-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6086'>\n\t\t\t\tCellar Spider\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpider-on-cranberry-blossom.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpider-on-cranberry-blossom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a crab spider on a cranberry blossom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpider-on-cranberry-blossom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpider-on-cranberry-blossom-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-589'>\n\t\t\t\tCrab Spider (Family: Thomisdae)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpiders-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpiders-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a crab spider on a clover flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpiders-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/CrabSpiders-01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-588'>\n\t\t\t\tCrab Spider\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/CrabSpider-JFD1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/CrabSpider-JFD1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) feasting on a fly while perched on the inflorescence of a Queen Anne&#039;s Lace plant\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/CrabSpider-JFD1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/CrabSpider-JFD1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7113'>\n\t\t\t\tGoldenrod Crab Spider (<i>Misumena vatia<\/i>) (feasting on a fly while perched on the inflorescence of a Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace plant)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/CrabSpider-JFD2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/CrabSpider-JFD2-e1652129439846-150x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on a red clover flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7114\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7114'>\n\t\t\t\tGoldenrod Crab Spider (<i>Misumena vatia<\/i>) on a red clover flower\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Multicolored Bark Crab Spider (Bassaniana versicolor) (Jefferson, ME; 6\/23\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Kyrill Schabert)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/Multicolored-Bark-Crab-Spider-Bassaniana-versicolor-KSchabert-062325-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15489'>\n\t\t\t\tMulticolored Bark Crab Spider (<i>Bassaniana versicolor<\/i>) (Jefferson, ME; 6\/23\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Kyrill Schabert)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-061925-KSchabert.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-061925-KSchabert-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Running Crab Spider (Philodromus genus) (Jefferson, ME; 6\/19\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Kyrill Schabert)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-061925-KSchabert-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-061925-KSchabert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-061925-KSchabert-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-061925-KSchabert-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15472'>\n\t\t\t\tRunning Crab Spider (<i>Philodromus<\/i> genus) (Jefferson, ME; 6\/19\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Kyrill Schabert)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a White-striped Running Crab Spider (Philodromus-rufus) (Alfred, ME; 6\/27\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/06\/White-striped-Running-Crab-Spider-Philodromus-rufus-JMeyer-062725-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15492'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite-striped Running Crab Spider (<i>Philodromus rufus<\/i>) (Alfred, ME; 6\/27\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221a-DJSnyder.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221a-DJSnyder-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cross Orbweaver spiderlings in Sedgwick, Maine - June 2nd, 2021\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221a-DJSnyder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221a-DJSnyder-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11734'>\n\t\t\t\tCross Orbweaver spiderlings (newly hatched) (Sedgwick, Maine; 6\/2\/2021) (Photo courtesy of David J. Snyder)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221b-DJSnyder.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221b-DJSnyder-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cross Orbweaver spiderlings in Sedgwick, Maine - June 2nd, 2021\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221b-DJSnyder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Cross-Orbweaver-babies-060221b-DJSnyder-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11735'>\n\t\t\t\tCross Orbweaver spiderlings (newly hatched) (Sedgwick, Maine; 6\/2\/2021) (Photo courtesy of David J. Snyder)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Cross-Orbweaver-08-05-2020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Cross-Orbweaver-08-05-2020-e1601045367530-128x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Cross Orbweaver spider; Glenburn, Maine - 8\/5\/2020; the white cross on the dorsal abdomen is a positive identifier.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10758\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10758'>\n\t\t\t\tCross Orbweaver (Glenburn, ME; 8\/5\/2020) (photo courtesy of Samantha K.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Cross-Orbweaver-083124-BMroz.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Cross-Orbweaver-083124-BMroz-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Cross Orbweaver spider with her white cross marking very apparent (Araneus diadematus) (St. George, ME; 8\/31\/2024) (Photo courtesy of B. Mroz)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Cross-Orbweaver-083124-BMroz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Cross-Orbweaver-083124-BMroz-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13855'>\n\t\t\t\tCross Orbweaver (<i>Araneus diadematus<\/i>) (St. George, ME; 8\/31\/2024) (Photo courtesy of B. Mroz)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/FishingSpider2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/FishingSpider2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Fishing Spider; Maine&#039;s largest spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/FishingSpider2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/FishingSpider2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8469'>\n\t\t\t\tBanded Fishing Spider (<i>Dolomedes vittatus<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 6\/15\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SixspottedFishingSpider-Dolomedes-triton-KShannon050924.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SixspottedFishingSpider-Dolomedes-triton-KShannon050924-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Sixspotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes triton) (perched on a car visor; 5\/9\/2024; Sangerville, ME) (Photo courtesy of Kelsey Shannon)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SixspottedFishingSpider-Dolomedes-triton-KShannon050924-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SixspottedFishingSpider-Dolomedes-triton-KShannon050924-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13595'>\n\t\t\t\tSixspotted Fishing Spider (<i>Dolomedes triton<\/i>) (perched on a car visor; 5\/9\/2024; Sangerville, ME) (Photo courtesy of Kelsey Shannon)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Striped-Fishing-Spider-Dolomedes-scriptus-060724-HLeighton.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Striped-Fishing-Spider-Dolomedes-scriptus-060724-HLeighton-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus) (Pembroke, ME; 6\/7\/2024) (Photo courtesy of H. Leighton)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Striped-Fishing-Spider-Dolomedes-scriptus-060724-HLeighton-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Striped-Fishing-Spider-Dolomedes-scriptus-060724-HLeighton-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13680'>\n\t\t\t\tStriped Fishing Spider (<em>Dolomedes scriptus<\/em>) (Photo courtesy of H. Leighton)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a fishing spider; perhaps Dolomedes scriptus or possbily Dolomedes tenebrosus\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/FishingSpider-JFD01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7119'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother species\/example of a Fishing Spider (either <em>Dolomedes scriptus<\/em> or <em>Dolomedes tenebrosus<\/em>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/Meta-Ovalis-040126-DFMoody.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/Meta-Ovalis-040126-DFMoody-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider (Meta ovalis) (Cornville, ME; 4\/1\/2026) (Photo courtesy of David F. Moody)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/Meta-Ovalis-040126-DFMoody-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/Meta-Ovalis-040126-DFMoody-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16126'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Cave Long-jawed Spider (<i>Meta ovalis<\/i>) (Cornville, ME; 4\/1\/2026) (Photo courtesy of David F. Moody)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/05\/Eastern-Parson-Spider-051019.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/05\/Eastern-Parson-Spider-051019-e1697470675844-148x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of an Eastern Parson Spider beside a U.S. penny for scale purposes.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9457\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9457'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Parson Spider\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/05\/Eastern-Parson-Spider-by-Jon-McCann-2019-05-09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/05\/Eastern-Parson-Spider-by-Jon-McCann-2019-05-09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Eastern Parson Spider (photo courtesy of Jon McCann)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/05\/Eastern-Parson-Spider-by-Jon-McCann-2019-05-09-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/05\/Eastern-Parson-Spider-by-Jon-McCann-2019-05-09-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9460'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Parson Spider (photo courtesy of Jon McCann)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Fierce Orbweaver spider (Araneus saevus) (Holden, ME; 10\/4\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Deb Schmidt)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-100425-DSchmidt-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15885'>\n\t\t\t\tFierce Orbweaver (<i>Araneus saevus<\/i>) (Holden, ME; 10\/4\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Deb Schmidt)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Fierce Orbweaver spider (Araneus saevus) (Orono, ME; 10\/8\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-1015x1024.jpeg 1015w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-768x775.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-105x106.jpeg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-317x320.jpeg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-423x427.jpeg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-634x640.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-846x853.jpeg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-951x959.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-1268x1279.jpeg 1268w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer-32x32.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Fierce-Orbweaver-Araneus-saevus-MSchierer.jpeg 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15893'>\n\t\t\t\tFierce Orbweaver (<i>Araneus saevus<\/i>) (Orono, ME; 10\/8\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Meg Schierer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Filmy-Dome-Spider-Neriene-radiata-080209.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Filmy-Dome-Spider-Neriene-radiata-080209-e1648586483244-150x120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a type of sheetweb spider called a Filmy Dome Spider (Neriene radiata)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12151\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12151'>\n\t\t\t\tFilmy Dome Spider (<i>Neriene radiata<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 8\/2\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-Funnel-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-Funnel-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a funnel weaver spider perched near the entrance to its webbed funnel\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-Funnel-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-Funnel-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7116'>\n\t\t\t\tFunnel Weaver perched near the entrance to its webbed funnel\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/GrassSpider-082817.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/GrassSpider-082817-e1697470756661-150x131.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Funnel Weaver \/ Grass Spider (possibly genus Agelenopsis) (August 28th, 2017; Etna, Maine)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12293\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12293'>\n\t\t\t\tFunnel Weaver (possibly in the genus <i>Agelenopsis<\/i> &#8212; Grass Spiders) (August 28th, 2017; Etna, Maine); <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1784687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Similar specimen<\/a> on BugGuide.net\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-JFD2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-JFD2-e1652130499173-150x88.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Profile view of a grass spider (also called a funnel weaver)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7118\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7118'>\n\t\t\t\tFunnel Weaver (Family Agelenidae)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a funnel weaver spider (also called a grass spider)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/GrassSpider-FunnelWeaver-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7117'>\n\t\t\t\tFunnel Weaver (Family Agelenidae)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Furrow Orbweaver spider at the center of her web (Larinioides cornutus) (Livermore, ME; 9\/18\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Morgan McDonald)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Furrow-Orbweaver-Larinioides-cornutus-091825-MMcDonald-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15865'>\n\t\t\t\tFurrow Orbweaver (<i>Larinioides cornutus<\/i>) (Livermore, ME; 9\/18\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Morgan McDonald)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/11\/Garden-Ghost-Spider-Hibana-gracilis-NPollock111724.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/11\/Garden-Ghost-Spider-Hibana-gracilis-NPollock111724-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Garden Ghost Spider (Hibana gracilis) (Lewiston, ME; 11\/17\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Nicole Pollock)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/11\/Garden-Ghost-Spider-Hibana-gracilis-NPollock111724-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/11\/Garden-Ghost-Spider-Hibana-gracilis-NPollock111724-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13939'>\n\t\t\t\tGarden Ghost Spider (<i>Hibana gracilis<\/i>) (Lewiston, ME; 11\/17\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Nicole Pollock)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/06\/GiantLichenOrbweaver-060723.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/06\/GiantLichenOrbweaver-060723-e1686943813958-150x146.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Giant Lichen Orbweaver (Araneus bicentenarius) (Stetson, ME; 6\/7\/2023)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13109\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13109'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Lichen Orbweaver (<i>Araneus bicentenarius<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 6\/7\/2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Giant-Lichen-Orbweaver-Araneus-bicentenarius-070809.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Giant-Lichen-Orbweaver-Araneus-bicentenarius-070809-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a spider called a Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Araneus bicentenarius\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Giant-Lichen-Orbweaver-Araneus-bicentenarius-070809-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Giant-Lichen-Orbweaver-Araneus-bicentenarius-070809-720x713.jpg 720w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Giant-Lichen-Orbweaver-Araneus-bicentenarius-070809-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11513'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Lichen Orbweaver (<i>Araneus bicentenarius<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 7\/8\/2009; resting on the frame of a screen door)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a male Gray Cross [Orbweaver] Spider (also called a Bridge Spider) (Larinioides sclopetarius) (Orono, ME; 7\/4\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Drew Parent)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent-105x106.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent-317x320.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent-423x427.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Gray-Cross-Orbweaver-Larinioides-sclopetarius-DParent.jpg 609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13714'>\n\t\t\t\tGray Cross [Orbweaver] Spider \/ Bridge Spider (male) (<i>Larinioides sclopetarius<\/i>) (Orono, ME; 7\/4\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Drew Parent)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/JumpingSpider-Habronattus-decorus-072120.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/JumpingSpider-Habronattus-decorus-072120-e1652131057937-150x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a small Jumping spider on the prowl and ready to pounce - Habronattus decorus (Warren, ME; 7\/21\/2020) (size: roughly 8-10 mm)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12145\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12145'>\n\t\t\t\tA species of Jumping Spider (<i>Habronattus decorus<\/i>) (Warren, ME; 7\/21\/2020) (size: roughly 8-10 mm)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/JumpingSpider1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/JumpingSpider1-e1652124869945-150x138.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fairly closeup photo of a species of Jumping spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-592\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-592'>\n\t\t\t\tA species of Jumping Spider (<i>Habronattus decorus<\/i>) (Troy, ME; 6\/18\/2008) (size: roughly 8-10 mm)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/JumpingSpider31.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/JumpingSpider31-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a species of Jumping Spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/JumpingSpider31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/JumpingSpider31-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-586'>\n\t\t\t\tJumping Spider\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a jumping spider named the &quot;Bronze Jumper,&quot; Eris militaris (10\/10\/2010; Etna, ME)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13948'>\n\t\t\t\tBronze Jumper (<i>Eris militaris<\/i>) (jumping spider) (10\/10\/2010; Etna, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a jumping spider named the &quot;Bronze Jumper,&quot; Eris militaris (10\/10\/2010; Etna, ME)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Bronze-Jumper-Eris-militaris-Oct2010b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13949'>\n\t\t\t\tBronze Jumper (<i>Eris militaris<\/i>) (jumping spider) (10\/10\/2010; Etna, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/02\/Zebra-Jumper-Spider-072023.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/02\/Zebra-Jumper-Spider-072023-e1708119871601-150x132.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Zebra Jumper (Salticus scenicus) (Etna, ME; 7\/20\/2023)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13434\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13434'>\n\t\t\t\tZebra Jumper (<i>Salticus scenicus<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 7\/20\/2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Lattice Orbweaver spider (Araneus thaddeus) (Old Town, ME; 9\/26\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15871'>\n\t\t\t\tLattice Orbweaver (<i>Araneus thaddeus<\/i>) (Old Town, ME; 9\/26\/2025)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Lattice Orbweaver spider (Araneus thaddeus) (Old Town, ME; 9\/26\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-105x106.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-317x320.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-423x427.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-634x640.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Lattice-Orbweaver-Araneus-thaddeus-092625b.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15870'>\n\t\t\t\tLattice Orbweaver (<i>Araneus thaddeus<\/i>) (Old Town, ME; 9\/26\/2025)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Marbled-Orbweaver-Araneus-marmoreus-082824-EH-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Marbled-Orbweaver-Araneus-marmoreus-082824-EH-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Marbled Orbweaver spider (Araneus marmoreus) (Hermon, ME; 8\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Eric H)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Marbled-Orbweaver-Araneus-marmoreus-082824-EH-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Marbled-Orbweaver-Araneus-marmoreus-082824-EH-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13843'>\n\t\t\t\tMarbled Orbweaver (<i>Araneus marmoreus<\/i>) (Hermon, ME; 8\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Eric H)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Moss Ground Hunter spider (Gnaphosa muscorum) (Rockland, ME; 8\/31\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Jay Witham)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13863'>\n\t\t\t\tMoss Ground Hunter (<i>Gnaphosa muscorum<\/i>) (Rockland, ME; 8\/31\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Jay Witham)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham2.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Moss Ground Hunter spider in Rockland, ME; 8\/31\/2024 (Photo courtesy of Jay Witham)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Moss-Ground-Hunter-Gnaphosa-muscorum-JWitham2-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13864'>\n\t\t\t\tMoss Ground Hunter (Rockland, ME; 8\/31\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Jay Witham)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/Orchard-Orbweaver-Leucauge-venusta-CLehto-062724.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/Orchard-Orbweaver-Leucauge-venusta-CLehto-062724-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Orchard Orbweaver spider on its web (Leucauge venusta) (North Anson, ME; 6\/27\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/Orchard-Orbweaver-Leucauge-venusta-CLehto-062724-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/Orchard-Orbweaver-Leucauge-venusta-CLehto-062724-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13673'>\n\t\t\t\tOrchard Orbweaver (<i>Leucauge venusta<\/i>) (North Anson, ME; 6\/27\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/Longjawed-Orbweaver-Pachygnatha-autumnalis-SKozidis-1-e1728414415142.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/Longjawed-Orbweaver-Pachygnatha-autumnalis-SKozidis-1-e1728414415142-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a long-jawed orbweaver spider with the Latin name of Pachygnatha autumnalis (Family Tetragnathidae)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/Longjawed-Orbweaver-Pachygnatha-autumnalis-SKozidis-1-e1728414415142-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/Longjawed-Orbweaver-Pachygnatha-autumnalis-SKozidis-1-e1728414415142-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13918'>\n\t\t\t\t<i>Pachygnatha autumnalis<\/i> (a species of Long-jawed orbweaver; Family Tetragnathidae) (Owls Head, ME; 9\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Steven Kozidis)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Shamrock Orbweaver waiting for prey at the center of its web; ventral view (Araneus trifolium) (Lamoine, ME; 9\/4\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-090625-Kath-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15814'>\n\t\t\t\tShamrock Orbweaver (<i>Araneus trifolium<\/i>) (Lamoine, ME; 9\/4\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Kath)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-PCarbonneau-082124.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-PCarbonneau-082124-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Shamrock Orbweaver (Araneus trifolium) (Portland, ME; 8\/21\/2024) (the color varies greatly amongst females of this species) (Photo Courtesy of Tricia Carbonneau)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-PCarbonneau-082124-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/08\/Shamrock-Orbweaver-PCarbonneau-082124-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13829'>\n\t\t\t\tShamrock Orbweaver (<i>Araneus trifolium<\/i>) (Portland, ME; 8\/21\/2024) (the color varies greatly amongst females of this species) (Photo Courtesy of Tricia Carbonneau)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/OrbWeaverSpider.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/OrbWeaverSpider-e1652125030772-150x127.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sixspotted Orbweaver spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-527\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-527'>\n\t\t\t\tSixspotted Orbweaver (female) (<i>Araniella displicata<\/i>) (Troy, ME; 7\/2\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Sixspotted-Orb-Weaver-Spider-070209.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Sixspotted-Orb-Weaver-Spider-070209-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"side view of a Sixspotted Orbweaver spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Sixspotted-Orb-Weaver-Spider-070209-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Sixspotted-Orb-Weaver-Spider-070209-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11522'>\n\t\t\t\tSixspotted Orbweaver (female) (<i>Araniella displicata<\/i>) (Troy, ME; 7\/2\/2009) (lateral view of the adjacent specimen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/07\/Starbellied-Orbweaver-062923-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/07\/Starbellied-Orbweaver-062923-scaled-e1689691505342-150x147.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Starbellied Orbweaver, Acanthepeira stellata, on a highbush blueberry shrub in Howland, Maine, June 29th, 2023\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13122\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13122'>\n\t\t\t\tStarbellied Orbweaver (<i>Acanthepeira stellata<\/i>) (Howland, ME; 6\/29\/2023) (Photo courtesy of Paula S.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Twobanded-Antmimic-Castianeira-cingulata-060112.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Twobanded-Antmimic-Castianeira-cingulata-060112-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a spider called a Twobanded Antmimic\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Twobanded-Antmimic-Castianeira-cingulata-060112-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Twobanded-Antmimic-Castianeira-cingulata-060112-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11519'>\n\t\t\t\tTwobanded Antmimic (female) (<i>Castianeira cingulata<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 6\/1\/2012)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a Tiger Wolf spider female with her egg sac that she is protecting just behind her.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider03-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7124'>\n\t\t\t\tTiger Wolf Spider female (with egg sac) (<i>Tigrosa aspersa<\/i>) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/TigerWolfSpider-Tigrosa-aspersa-102423a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/TigerWolfSpider-Tigrosa-aspersa-102423a-e1698246038462-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a female Tiger Wolf Spider, Tigrosa aspersa, resting on the side of a horse barn in Buxton, Maine on October 24th, 2023\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13369\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13369'>\n\t\t\t\tTiger Wolf Spider (female) (<i>Tigrosa aspersa<\/i>) on the side of a horse barn (Buxton, ME; 10\/24\/2023) (Photo courtesy of Kelly Weymouth)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/TigerWolfSpider-Tigrosa-aspersa-102423b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/TigerWolfSpider-Tigrosa-aspersa-102423b-e1698246063630-135x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a closer view of the Tiger Wolf Spider, Tigrosa aspersa, shown in the adjacent photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13370\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13370'>\n\t\t\t\tTiger Wolf Spider (female) (<i>Tigrosa aspersa<\/i>) (closer view of adjacent specimen) (Buxton, ME; 10\/24\/2023) (Photo courtesy of Kelly Weymouth)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Wolf-Spider-Hogna-frondicola-042422-EG.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Wolf-Spider-Hogna-frondicola-042422-EG-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Wolf Spider (Hogna frondicola) (Old Town, Maine; 4\/24\/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Wolf-Spider-Hogna-frondicola-042422-EG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Wolf-Spider-Hogna-frondicola-042422-EG-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12321'>\n\t\t\t\tWolf Spider (<i>Hogna frondicola<\/i>) (Old Town, ME; 4\/24\/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/WolfSpider01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/WolfSpider01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Closeup photo of a wolf spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/WolfSpider01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/WolfSpider01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10761'>\n\t\t\t\tWolf Spider\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a wolf spider; family Lycosidae\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/WolfSpider02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7123'>\n\t\t\t\tWolf Spider (with egg sac)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/SpiderBeetle-Smooth-Labeled-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/SpiderBeetle-Smooth-Labeled-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a small beetle called a Spider Beetle because of their superficial resemblance to a spider\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/SpiderBeetle-Smooth-Labeled-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/SpiderBeetle-Smooth-Labeled-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7204'>\n\t\t\t\tExample of a Spider Beetle (<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/spider-beetles\/\">Spider Beetles<\/a> are small beetles that superficially resemble spiders but are harmless)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>One can find additional\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spider images<\/a><\/em><em> at BugGuide.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column7601_4c4731-b2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3>Additional Information Regarding Specific Spiders:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>American Nursery Web Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Pisaurina mira<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arrowshaped Micrathena<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Micrathena sagittata<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Banded Argiope<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Argiope trifasciata<\/i>) (BugGuide.net) | <a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/banded-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Banded Garden Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/spider\/barnFunnelWeavers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Barn Funnel Weaver<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Tegenaria domestica<\/i>) (Penn State) | <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/31445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Barn Funnel Weaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/69874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Barn<\/strong> <strong>Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Araneus cavaticus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net) (The character of &#8220;Charlotte&#8221; from E. B. White&#8217;s <em>Charlotte&#8217;s Web<\/em> was modeled on this species)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/yellow-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Black and Yellow Garden Spider<\/b><\/a> (<i>Argiope aurantia<\/i>) (Penn State) | <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Black and Yellow Argiope<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/34676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Boreal Combfoot<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Steatoda borealis<\/em>) (BugGuide.net) (spiders in this genus are known as &#8220;<strong>False Widows<\/strong>&#8220;) <strong><em>See also:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/false-black-widow-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>False Black Widow Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State) | Closely related species: <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Triangulate Combfoot<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/119789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bridge Spider \/ Gray Cross Spider<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/26291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Broad-faced Sac Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/26341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bronze Jumper<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/spiders\/cellar-spiders\/\"><strong>Cellar Spiders \/ Longbodied Cellar Spiders<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Crab Spiders<\/strong><\/a> (Family: Thomisdae)\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldenrod Crab Spider<\/a><\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/59050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Multicolored Bark Crab Spider<\/strong> <\/a>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Running Crab Spiders<\/strong><\/a> (Family: <span class=\"bgpage-taxon-desc\">Philodromidae<\/span>) &#8212; Their 2nd pair of legs are longer than their first pair of legs.\n<ul>\n<li><span data-huuid=\"3987145372454115668\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/310086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Red and Yellow Running Crab Spider<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(<i>Philodromus exilis) <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/143117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>White-striped Running Crab Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Philodromus rufus) <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cross Orbweaver \/ Cross Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Araneus diadematus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/46600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Meta ovalis<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/parson-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Parson Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/false-black-widow-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>False Black Widow Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/33682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fierce Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/33337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Filmy Dome Spider<\/strong><\/a> (a type of sheetweb spider) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/fishing-spiders\/\"><strong>Fishing Spiders<\/strong><\/a> (Maine&#8217;s largest spider)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dark Fishing Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sixspotted Fishing Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/38828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Striped Fishing Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Funnel Weavers<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Family: Agelenidae) (BugGuide.net)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/spider\/barnFunnelWeavers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Barn Funnel Weaver<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Tegenaria domestica<\/i>) (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/spider\/funnelWeavers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Grass Spiders<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (genus <em>Agelenopsis<\/em>) (Penn State)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/34734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Furrow Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/yellow-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Garden Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Argiope aurantia<\/i>) (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/240115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Garden Ghost Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Hibana gracilis)<\/i> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Giant Lichen Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/spider\/funnelWeavers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Grass Spiders<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (genus <em>Agelenopsis<\/em>) (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/119789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gray Cross [Orbweaver] Spider \/ Bridge Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ground Spiders<\/strong> (Family Gnaphosidae)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/parson-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Parson Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/324242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Moss Ground Hunter<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/hacklemesh-weaver-spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hacklemesh Weaver Spiders<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tolweb.org\/Salticidae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Jumping Spiders<\/b><\/a> (University of Arizona)\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/26341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bronze Jumper<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/29544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Habronattus decorus<\/em><\/a> <\/strong>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Zebra Jumper<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Salticus scenicus) <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/37926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lattice Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Araneus thaddeus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/spider\/orbWeavers2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Marbled Orbweaver<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uky.edu\/Ag\/CritterFiles\/casefile\/spiders\/fishing\/pisaurid.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nursery-Web &amp; Fishing Spiders<\/strong><\/a> (Family: Pisauridae) (University of Kentucky)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>American Nursery Web Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Pisaurina mira<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dark Fishing Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sixspotted Fishing Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orbweavers<\/strong> (Family <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Araneidae<\/strong><\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arrowshaped Micrathena<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Micrathena sagittata<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Banded Argiope<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) | <a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/banded-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Banded Garden Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/69874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Barn<\/strong> <strong>Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Araneus cavaticus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net) (The character of &#8220;Charlotte&#8221; from E. B. White&#8217;s <em>Charlotte&#8217;s Web<\/em> was modeled on this species)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/119789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bridge Spider \/ Gray Cross Spider<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cross Orbweaver \/ Cross Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/33682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fierce Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/34734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Furrow Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/yellow-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Garden Spider<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Giant Lichen Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/119789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gray Cross [Orbweaver] Spider \/ Bridge Spider<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/37926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lattice Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Araneus thaddeus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/spider\/orbWeavers2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Marbled Orbweaver<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Orchard Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/11644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shamrock Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/39832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sixspotted Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Starbellied Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Orchard Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/110923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>Pachygnatha autumnalis<\/i><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<i> <\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/11644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shamrock Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/39832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sixspotted Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Starbellied Orbweaver<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Triangulate Combfoot<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/39889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Twobanded Antmimic<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/wolf-spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Wolf Spiders<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Penn State)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Hogna frondicola<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/50661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tiger Wolf Spider<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Tigrosa aspersa<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/45881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Tigrosa helluo<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Zebra Jumper<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Salticus scenicus) <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Not Native To Maine or Rarely Found In Maine:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Black Widow (not native to Maine)\" href=\"http:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/BlackWidow-labeled2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/BlackWidow.jpg\" alt=\"a Black Widow spider\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/nysipm\/2015\/06\/11\/black-widow-spiders-not-just-a-southern-thang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Widow \/ Southern Black Widow<\/a><\/strong> (<i>Latrodectus mactans<\/i>) (Cornell) &#8212; Non-native, but sometimes hitches a ride into Maine via packages, cargo, etc.&#8211;most often via shipments of produce from out-of-state; <strong><em>See also:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/false-black-widow-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>False Black Widow<\/strong><\/a><strong> spiders<\/strong> &#8212; <em>a genus of spiders that we do have in Maine!<\/em> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northern Black Widow <\/strong>(<em>Latrodectus variolus<\/em>) &#8212; This spider may be an infrequent inhabitant as far north as central Maine and southern portions of Canada. The red hourglass pattern on the Northern Black Widow has a gap between the top and bottom halves of the hourglass.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/northern-black-widow-spider-latrodectus-variolus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Northern Black Widow<\/strong><\/a> (Michigan State University)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/26421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Northern Black Widow<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li>Photo of a Female (ventral view): <a href=\"https:\/\/content.eol.org\/data\/media\/7b\/90\/2f\/18.d75c633c8a55317d3fc91c34c3809162.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Northern Black Widow<\/strong><\/a> (Smithsonian)<\/li>\n<li>Photo example from Canton, Massachusetts of the dorsal pattern: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/47674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Black Widow<\/a><\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/brown-recluse-spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Brown Recluse<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Penn State) (Non-native, and thus extremely rare in Maine&#8211;an encounter is only possible if a specimen is brought in from out-of-state) <strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/entomologytoday.org\/2018\/01\/29\/brown-recluse-pest-management-tips-for-the-spider-thats-not-as-common-as-you-think\/brown-recluse-range-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>US Distribution Map for Brown Recluse<\/b><\/a>) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipm.ucdavis.edu\/PMG\/PESTNOTES\/pn7488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hobo Spider<\/strong><\/a> (also known as the <strong>Aggressive House Spider<\/strong>) (UC-Davis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiders Do you have a spider that you would like to have identified? 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