Spiders and Kin of KY

• Order Acari  (Ticks)
  • Family Ixodidae (Hardbacked Ticks
    • Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
• Order Araneae  (Spiders)
  • Family Araneidae  (Orb Weaver Spiders)
    • Banded Argiope (Argiope trifasciata)
    • Black-and-yellow Argiope (Araneus aurantia)
  • Family Loxoscelidae  (Violin Spiders)
    • Brown Recluse  (Loxosceles reclusa)
  • Family Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders)
    • Nursery Web Spider (Pisaruina mira)
  • Family Theridiidae  (Comb-footed Spiders)
    • Southern Black Widow  (Latrodectus mactans)
  • Family Thomisidae  (Crab Spiders)
    • Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia)

References

Emerton, James H.  1961.  The Common Spiders of the United States.  Dover Publications, Inc.  227 pp.

Levi, Herbert W., and Lorna R. Levi.  1990.  Golden Guide Spiders and Their Kin.  Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.  160 pp.

Milne, Lorus, and Margery Milne.  1997.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders.  Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.  989 pp.

Preston-Mafham, Ken.  1998.  Identifying Spiders.  Chartwell Books, Inc.  80 pp.

Weber, Larry.  2003.  Spiders of the North Woods.  Kollath-Stensaas Publishing.  205 pp.

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