Spiders of Ohio: A–Z Species Index

A compact alphabetical reference to Ohio’s spiders, harvestmen, and other arachnids.

A

American House Spider | Arrowhead Orbweaver | Ant‑mimic Jumping Spider

B

Banded Garden Spider | Black Lace‑weaver | Bold Jumping Spider | Brown Recluse (rare) | Brown Widow (very rare, isolated)

C

Cellar Spider (Long‑bodied Cellar Spider) | Common House Spider | Crab Spider (Goldenrod Crab Spider) | Cross Orbweaver | Cobweb Spider (Various Species)

D

Daddy Longlegs (Harvestman) | Dark Fishing Spider | Dimorphic Jumping Spider | Dotted Wolf Spider

E

Eastern Parson Spider | Eastern Funnel Weaver | Eastern Lynx Spider (occasional)

F

Funnel Weaver (Grass Spider) | Fishing Spider (Six‑spotted Fishing Spider) | Flat‑mesh Weaver

G

Ground Wolf Spider | Green Lynx Spider (occasional) | Giant House Spider (introduced)

H

Hackled Meshweaver | Hobo Spider (rare/introduced) | House Jumping Spider

J

Jumping Spider (Zebra Jumping Spider) | Jumping Spider (Bold Jumping Spider) | Jumping Spider (Bronze Jumping Spider)

L

Leaf‑curling Sac Spider | Long‑jawed Orbweaver | Long‑legged Sac Spider

M

Marbled Orbweaver | Mouse Spider (Eastern Parson Spider often misidentified) | Meshweaver (Various Species)

O

Orbweaver (Barn Orbweaver) | Orbweaver (Spotted Orbweaver) | Orbweaver (Arabesque Orbweaver) | Orbweaver (Shamrock Orbweaver)

P

Parson Spider | Pirate Spider | Purseweb Spider (rare, isolated)

R

Red‑backed Jumping Spider | Running Crab Spider | Rabid Wolf Spider

S

Sac Spider (Yellow Sac Spider) | Six‑spotted Fishing Spider | Spitting Spider | Sheetweb Weaver | Spined Micrathena | Shamrock Orbweaver

T

Trapdoor Spider (rare, isolated) | Triangulate Cobweb Spider

W

Wolf Spider (Various Species) | Woodlouse Hunter | Western Lynx Spider (occasional)

Z