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Families of
Spiders to be found in Alberta
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Family |
Common Name |
Niche |
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Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Tarantulas etc) |
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Antrodiaetidae |
Collapsible Turret Spiders |
Burrow-Dwelling |
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Atypidae |
Purse-Web Spiders |
Burrow-Dwelling |
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Dipluridae |
Tunnel-Web Tarantulas |
Burrow-Dwelling |
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Mecicobothriidae |
Sheet Funnel-Web Spiders |
Burrow-Dwelling |
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Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders) |
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Agelenidae |
Funnel-Web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Amaurobiidae |
Blue-Silk Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Anyphaenidae |
Buzzing Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Araneidae |
Orb-Web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Clubionidae |
Sac Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Corinnidae |
Ant Mimic Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Dictynidae |
Mesh-Web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Dysderidae |
Jaw Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Erigonidae |
Hammock-Web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Gnaphosidae |
Ground Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Hahniidae |
Four-Tailed Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Linyphiidae |
Money Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Liocranidae |
Running Foliage Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Loxoscelidae |
Recluse Spider |
Web Builders |
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Lycosidae |
Wolf Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Mimetidae |
Pirate Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Mysmenidae |
Envelope Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Nesticidae |
Cellar Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Oecobiidae |
Tent Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Oxyopidae |
Lynx Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Philodromidae |
Tree-Crab Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Pholcidae |
Daddy-Longleg Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Pimoidae |
Dime Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Pisauridae |
Nursery-Web Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Salticidae |
Jumping Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Scytodidae |
Spitting Spiders |
Hunting Spiders |
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Segestriidae |
Spoke-Web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Telemidae |
Lung-less Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Tetragnathidae |
Long-Jawed Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Theridiidae |
Comb-Foot Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Theridiosomatidae |
Ray Orb-Web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Titanoecidae |
Hackle band-silk Spider |
Web Builders |
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Thomisidae |
Crab Spiders |
Ambush Predators |
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Uloboridae |
Hackled Orb-web Spiders |
Web Builders |
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Zoridae |
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Hunting Spiders |
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