Canyon Country Animals
Arthropods: Spiders: Tarantula
Scientific Name: Aphonopelma
Arthropods: Spiders: Black Widow Spider
Scientific Name: Latrodectus hesperus
The beautiful, long-legged, shiny black spiders can be identified by the distinctive red hourglass mark on their underside and their primitive, randomly spun web. They generally come out after dark, and hang upside down within their web, awaiting their prey, revealing the hourglass. Be cautious, they can inflict a dangerous bite.
Arthropods: Spiders: Brown Recluse Spider
Scientific Name: Loxosceles reclusa
The bite of this seldom seen spider may go unnoticed for several days until there is extensive tissue damage at the site. However, the bite is not generally life threatening.
Arthropods: Spiders: Jumping Spiders
Scientific Name: Salticidae
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Notes
The main photo on this page, of a Tarantula, was taken in the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, west of Tucson, Arizona.
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