Spider Identification Quiz
Spiders and their arachnid relatives are some of the most feared and fascinating creatures. From garden orb-weavers to jumping spiders, see how many you can recognize from their photos alone.
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All 306 species in this set
- Adanson's House Jumper (Hasarius adansoni)
- African fattail scorpion (Androctonus amoreuxi)
- African Hermit Spider (Nephilingis cruentata)
- African Social Spider (Stegodyphus dumicola)
- African Stegodyphus Velvet Spider (Stegodyphus africanus)
- Aguapanela Dwarf Tarantula (Aguapanela arvi)
- Albany Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes trichiurus)
- Amazon Thorn Spider (Micrathena schreibersi)
- Amber Baboon Spider (Harpactira cafreriana)
- American Dewdrop Spider (Argyrodes elevatus)
- American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
- American Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira)
- Ant Comb-Footed Spider (Asagena phalerata)
- Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula (Caribena versicolor)
- Apache Jumping Spider (Phidippus apacheanus)
- Apache Recluse (Loxosceles apachea)
- Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
- Arrow-shaped Orbweaver (Micrathena sagittata)
- Asian Blue Forest Scorpion (Javanimetrus cyaneus)
- Asian Longhorned Tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis)
- Australian Dewdrop Spider (Argyrodes antipodianus)
- Australian Lichen Spider (Pandercetes gracilis)
- Australian Paralysis Tick (Ixodes holocyclus)
- Badge Huntsman Spider (Neosparassus diana)
- Balearic Small Wood-Scorpion (Euscorpius balearicus)
- Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata)
- Banded Phintella (Phintella vittata)
- banded-legged golden orb-web spider (Trichonephila senegalensis)
- Bark Scorpion (Uroplectes vittatus)
- Basilica Orbweaver (Mecynogea lemniscata)
- Beardfooted spider (Saitis barbipes)
- Black fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus bicolor)
- Black Golden Orbweaver (Nephila kuhli)
- Black Heliophanus Jumping Spider (Trapezocephalus orchesta)
- Black-headed Jumping Spider (Trite planiceps)
- Black-tailed Alligatorback Scorpion (Hottentotta jayakari)
- Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
- Bordered Orbweaver (Neoscona adianta)
- Brazilian Giant Black Tarantula (Acanthoscurria paulensis)
- Brazilian Orange-banded Tarantula (Acanthoscurria juruenicola)
- Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
- Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria nigriventer)
- Brazilian Yellow Scorpion (Tityus serrulatus)
- Brilliant Jumping Spider (Phidippus clarus)
- Bronze Hopper (Helpis minitabunda)
- Bronze Huntsman (Isopedella flavida)
- Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
- Brown Sailor Spider (Neoscona nautica)
- Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus)
- Burrowing Thicktail Scorpion (Parabuthus schlechteri)
- Butterfly Orbweaver (Araneus pegnia)
- Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider (Sassacus vitis)
- Buzzing Spider (Anyphaena accentuata)
- California common scorpion (Paruroctonus silvestrii)
- California Ebony Tarantula (Aphonopelma eutylenum)
- California Flattened Jumping Spider (Platycryptus californicus)
- California Swollenstinger Scorpion (Anuroctonus pococki)
- California Turret Spider (Atypoides riversi)
- Canestrini's Harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)
- canopy jumping spider (Phidippus otiosus)
- Cape Docile Scorpion (Opisthacanthus capensis)
- Cardinal Jumping Spider (Phidippus cardinalis)
- Carmine Orbweaver (Cercidia prominens)
- Cash's Scorpion (Vaejovis cashi)
- Castor Bean Tick (Ixodes ricinus)
- Caterpillar jumping spider (Uroballus carlei)
- Chilean Ocelot Tarantula (Phrixotrichus vulpinus)
- Chilean Recluse (Loxosceles laeta)
- Chilean Rosehair Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
- Chinese Scorpion (Olivierus martensii)
- Chinese Swimming Scorpion (Lychas mucronatus)
- Chiricahuan Gray Tarantula (Aphonopelma gabeli)
- Christmas Jewel Spider (Austracantha minax)
- Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Melopoeus lividus)
- Common Bark Spider (Caerostris sexcuspidata)
- Common Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
- Common Hairy Field Spider (Neoscona subfusca)
- Common Housefly Catcher (Plexippus petersi)
- Common Kitespider (Gasteracantha versicolor)
- Common Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion (Uroplectes carinatus)
- Common Spitting Spider (Scytodes thoracica)
- Common Yellow Scorpion (Buthus occitanus)
- Conical Trashline Orbweaver (Cyclosa conica)
- Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula (Psalmopoeus reduncus)
- Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula (Abdomegaphobema mesomelas)
- Country Crab Spider (Tharpyna campestrata)
- Crimean Small Wood-Scorpion (Euscorpius tauricus)
- Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)
- Cylindroid Tentweb Weaver (Cyrtophora cylindroides)
- Cyprian Checkered Scorpion (Aegaeobuthus cyprius)
- Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
- Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
- Desert Red Jumping Spider (Phidippus ardens)
- Desert Tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius)
- Doria Yellow Scorpion (Odontobuthus doriae)
- Downy jumping spider (Attulus pubescens)
- Drab Thicktail Scorpion (Parabuthus planicauda)
- Drumming Sword Wolf Spider (Gladicosa gulosa)
- Dune Scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis)
- Dwarf Wood Scorpion (Liocheles australasiae)
- Eastern Black-legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
- Eastern Harvestman (Leiobunum vittatum)
- Eastern Swollenstinger Scorpion (Anuroctonus phaiodactylus)
- Edward's Bark Scorpion (Centruroides edwardsii)
- Eurasian Green Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata)
- European Black Widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)
- European cave spider (Meta menardi)
- European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
- European Nursery Web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
- European Yellow-tailed Scorpion (Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis)
- Exilis Bronze Tarantula (Dolichothele exilis)
- False Black Widow (Steatoda grossa)
- Feather-legged Lace Weaver (Uloborus plumipes)
- Fencepost jumping spider (Marpissa muscosa)
- Fighting Spider (Thiania suboppressa)
- Flat Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes troglodytes)
- flea jumping spider (Naphrys pulex)
- Florida Garden Spider (Argiope florida)
- Forest Scorpion (Cercophonius squama)
- Fork-palped Harvestman (Dicranopalpus ramosus)
- Four-dotted Grass Spider (Burmattus albopunctatus)
- Four-spot Orbweaver (Araneus quadratus)
- Fynbos Burrowing Scorpion (Opistophthalmus macer)
- Gadim Slender-tailed Scorpion (Hemiscorpius lepturus)
- Gem tick (Amblyomma gemma)
- Giant Forest Scorpion (Gigantometrus swammerdami)
- Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes)
- Gold-spotted Harvestman (Nemastoma bimaculatum)
- Goldband Thyene Jumping Spider (Thyene natalii)
- Golden Blue Leg Baboon Spider (Harpactira pulchripes)
- Golden Jumping Spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)
- Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes)
- Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
- Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)
- Gorse Orbweaver (Agalenatea redii)
- Gracile Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion (Uroplectes gracilior)
- Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)
- Grayish Jumping Spider (Phidippus princeps)
- Green Hairy Field Spider (Neoscona rufipalpis)
- Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon)
- Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
- Green Meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri)
- Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum)
- Guyana Black Devil Scorpion (Tityus obscurus)
- Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus semilimbatus)
- Hart's Jumping Spider (Tutelina harti)
- Hasselt's Spiny Spider (Macracantha hasselti)
- Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope appensa)
- Heather crab spider (Thomisus onustus)
- Heavy Jumper (Hyllus diardi)
- Highveld Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion (Uroplectes triangulifer)
- Hump Back Araneid Spider (Eriovixia excelsa)
- Humped orbweb spider (Gibbaranea gibbosa)
- Iberian Scorpion (Buthus ibericus)
- Iguana Tick (Amblyomma dissimile)
- Iranian Fat-tailed Scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda)
- Italian scorpion (Euscorpius italicus)
- Jalisco Coast Scorpion (Centruroides elegans)
- Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)
- Kangaroo Tick (Amblyomma triguttatum)
- Karoo Burrowing Scorpion (Opistophthalmus karrooensis)
- Katipō (Latrodectus katipo)
- Kraepelin's Scorpion (Anatoliurus kraepelini)
- Labyrinth Orbweaver (Metepeira labyrinthea)
- Ladybird Spider (Eresus kollari)
- Lesser Brown Scorpion (Isometrus maculatus)
- Lesser Stripetail Scorpion (Chihuahuanus coahuilae)
- Lettered Peacock Spider (Maratus literatus)
- lined orbweaver (Mangora gibberosa)
- Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
- Long-bodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
- Long-horned Orbweaver (Macracantha arcuata)
- Longleg Dandy (Portia schultzi)
- Mabel Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge argyrobapta)
- Magaliesberg Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes gunningi)
- Magnolia Green Jumping Spider (Lyssomanes viridis)
- Malvern Baboon Spider (Harpactira curator)
- Manuel's Cellar Spider (Pholcus manueli)
- Marbled Cellar Spider (Holocnemus pluchei)
- Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
- Marine Spider (Desis marina)
- Masked Vlei Spider (Leucauge festiva)
- Mediterranean Checkered Scorpion (Aegaeobuthus gibbosus)
- Mediterranean false black widow (Steatoda paykulliana)
- Mediterranean recluse (Loxosceles rufescens)
- Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider (Zoropsis spinimana)
- Mexican Pink Tarantula (Brachypelma klaasi)
- Mexican Red-rump Tarantula (Tliltocatl vagans)
- Mexican Redleg Tarantula (Brachypelma emilia)
- Mile End Jumping Spider (Macaroeris nidicolens)
- Minute Jumping Spider (Talavera minuta)
- Monterey Dunes Scorpion (Paruroctonus maritimus)
- Napoleon Spider (Synema globosum)
- Natta Jumping Spider (Natta horizontalis)
- Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis)
- Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus)
- Northern Scorpion (Paruroctonus boreus)
- Oak Spider (Aculepeira ceropegia)
- Olive-brown Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion (Uroplectes olivaceus)
- Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
- Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver (Gasteracantha geminata)
- Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia multipuncta)
- Ornate Cow Tick (Dermacentor reticulatus)
- Ornate Harvestman (Libitioides ornata)
- Ornate Sheep Tick (Dermacentor marginatus)
- Ornate Tropical Wandering Spider (Ctenus ornatus)
- Pacific Coast Tick (Dermacentor occidentalis)
- Pajahuello Tick (Ornithodoros coriaceus)
- Pantropical Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)
- Pantropical Jumping Spider (Plexippus paykulli)
- Passerine Tick (Ixodes frontalis)
- Pink Zebra Beauty Tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus)
- Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)
- Pumpkin Patch Tarantula (Hapalopus formosus)
- Putnam's Jumping Spider (Phidippus putnami)
- Rabid Wolf Spider (Rabidosa rabida)
- Radiated Wolf Spider (Hogna radiata)
- Red House Spider (Nesticodes rufipes)
- Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider (Myrmaplata plataleoides)
- Red-bellied Jumping Spider (Philaeus chrysops)
- Redleg Orbweaver (Trichonephila inaurata)
- redslate ornamental tarantula (Poecilotheria rufilata)
- Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius)
- Réunion Hermit Spider (Nephilingis borbonica)
- Rhinoceros Tick (Dermacentor rhinocerinus)
- Ribbon Jumping Spider (Metacyrba taeniola)
- Robust Burrowing Scorpion (Opistophthalmus carinatus)
- Rock Docile Scorpion (Opisthacanthus validus)
- Rough Thicktail Scorpion (Parabuthus raudus)
- Saddleback Harvestman (Mitopus morio)
- Saint Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi)
- Sandy Horned Baboon Spider (Ceratogyrus sanderi)
- Sawfinger Scorpion (Serradigitus gertschi)
- Say's Armored Harvestman (Libitioides sayi)
- Scimitar-horn Kitespider (Gasteracantha falcicornis)
- Sea-green Northern Jumper (Cosmophasis thalassina)
- Seven-spined Crab Spider (Epicadus heterogaster)
- Shaggy Thicktail Scorpion (Parabuthus villosus)
- Shamrock Orbweaver (Araneus trifolium)
- Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
- Singapore Frontdoor Tarantula (Phlogiellus inermis)
- Six-eyed Sand Spider (Sicarius thomisoides)
- Six-spotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes triton)
- Six-spotted Orbweaver (Araniella displicata)
- Slender Brown Scorpion (Centruroides gracilis)
- Sneak Spider (Harpactea hombergi)
- South African Bont Tick (Amblyomma hebraeum)
- South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver (Metaltella simoni)
- South Indian scorpion (Sahyadrimetrus scaber)
- Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)
- Southern Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus)
- Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)
- Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
- Spot-legged Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius getazi)
- Spring Harvestman (Rilaena triangularis)
- Sputnik Spider (Paidiscura pallens)
- Stripe-tailed Scorpion (Paravaejovis spinigerus)
- Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)
- Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus)
- Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion (Uroplectes lineatus)
- Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus)
- Sulawesi Black Tarantula (Lampropelma carpenteri)
- Superstition Mountains Scorpion (Superstitionia donensis)
- Swamp Crab Spider (Xysticus ulmi)
- Tailed Cellar Spider (Crossopriza lyoni)
- Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus)
- Tanzanian Red Clawed Scorpion (Pandinoides cavimanus)
- Texas Cave Scorpion (Pseudouroctonus reddelli)
- Thin-spined Jumping Spider (Tutelina elegans)
- Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes)
- Togwotee Harvestman (Togwoteeus biceps)
- Tortoise Bont Tick (Amblyomma marmoreum)
- Transvaal Thicktail Scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus)
- Triangle Crab Spider (Ebrechtella tricuspidata)
- Triangulate Combfoot (Steatoda triangulosa)
- Trinidad Chevron Tarantula (Psalmopoeus cambridgei)
- Trinidad thick Tailed Scorpion (Tityus trinitatis)
- Tropical Orbweaver (Eriophora ravilla)
- Tropical Tent-web Spider (Cyrtophora citricola)
- Twin-flagged Jumping Spider (Anasaitis canosus)
- Two-striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata)
- Tyrell's Tufted Jumping Spider (Phidippus tyrrelli)
- Uruguay Black Beauty Tarantula (Grammostola quirogai)
- Utah Funnelweb Spider (Agelenopsis utahana)
- Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri)
- Walnut Orbweaver (Nuctenea umbratica)
- Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)
- Wasp-mimic Jumping Spider (Rhene flavicomans)
- West Coast button spider (Latrodectus indistinctus)
- Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
- Western Black-legged Tick (Ixodes pacificus)
- Western Forest Scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)
- Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
- White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus)
- White Garland House Hopper (Maratus scutulatus)
- White Micrathena (Micrathena mitrata)
- White-banded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)
- Whitman's Jumping Spider (Phidippus whitmani)
- Winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus)
- Woodlouse Spider (Dysdera crocata)
- Yellow Devil Scorpion (Paravaejovis confusus)
- Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
- Yellow Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion (Uroplectes flavoviridis)
- Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia rufa)
- Yellow-footed Peninsular Black Scorpion (Chersonesometrus fulvipes)
- Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)