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Field guide to Spiders from the San Diego Natural History Museum. Click on the name of the spider that you want to read about.

  Agrarian Sac, Cheiracanthium inclusum
 
Black Widow, Latrodectus hesperus
 
Comb-footed, Tidarren sisyphoides
 
Crab, Misumenops sp.
 
Crab, Xysticus sp.
 
Crevice Weavers, Kukulcania sp.
 
False Black Widow, Steatoda grossa
 
Family Dictynidae, Mallos pallidus
 
Funnel Weaving, Hololena curta
 
Golden Garden, Argiope aurantia
 
Grass, Agelenopsis aperta
 
Green Lynx, Peucetia viridans
 
Lynx, Hamataliwa grisea
 
Family Amphinectidae, Metaltella simoni
 
Orb Weaver, Araneus andrewsi
 
Orb Weaver, Araneus gemma
 
Orb Weaver, Neoscona crucifera
 
Red Banded Crab, Misumenoides formosipes
 
Silver Argiope, Argiope argentata
 
Tarantula, Aphonopelma
 
Western Lynx, Oxyopes scalaris
 
Wolf, Pardosa sp

Backyard Spiders - http://www.backyardnature.net/spiders.htm
This site contains information about spiders one might see in the backyard

Bug Bios - http://www.insects.org/entophiles/arthropoda/index.html
This site contains information about four different spiders with great pictures of each

The Garden Safari/Spiders - http://www.gardensafari.net/english/house_spiders.htm
This site contains information about spiders based on where they are found

Spiders for Kids  - http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/spiders/spiders2.htm
This site contains information about different spiders created by second graders.

Spiders  - http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/SPIDERS.htm
This site has pictures and easy-to-read facts about spiders.

Trap Door Spider - http://www.goodnightstories.com/wildlife/insects/card29.htm
This page contains information and illustrations about the Trap Door Spider